clrscr

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Header File

conio.h

Category

Console I/O Routines

Prototype

void clrscr(void);

Description

Clears the text-mode window.

clrscr clears the current text window and places the cursor in the upper left corner (at position 1,1).

Note: Do not use this function in Win32 GUI applications.

Return Value

None.

Example

#include <conio.h>
int main(void)
{
   int i;
   clrscr();
   for (i = 0; i < 20; i++)
      cprintf("%d\r\n", i);
   cprintf("\r\nPress any key to clear screen");
   getch();
   clrscr();
   cprintf("The screen has been cleared!");
   getch();
   return 0;
}

Portability

POSIX Win32 ANSI C ANSI C++

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