C++ Clear Screen Question

[berb]

I ripped this off a prior post:

// Clears the screen and moves cursor
void clrscr(void)
{
cout<<"\033[2J";
cout<<"\033[0;0f";
}

But do not UNDERSTAND it, and would like too.

thanks
(C++ and Linux Newbie)



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I've got a special dispensation from original sin.

[binaryDigit]

those are the ansi escape sequences.

cout << "\033[2J";

\033 is the escape key , [2J clears the screen.

to find out more do a search on google for the ansi escape sequences.

you can clear the screen, change text color and intensity, etc.


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[tminos]

On some systems you could also use

system("clear");

but I would say what you have now is cleaner.