Clear screen

[EwCjE3v7]

Hello there, is there another way to clear the console screen other then system("cls"); or printing 50 lines?


I would like to know because I don`t know why but system("cls") makes my mouse flash and the 50 line isn`t professional looking.
Thank you

[ne555]

http://linux.die.net/man/3/clear

[long double main]

There's an article on it here:
http://www.cplusplus.com/articles/4z18T05o/

[EwCjE3v7]

Guys I have read your links but still don`t know which one to use.

system("CLS"); is a resource hog
printing 50 to 100 lines, its no good

I have
Curses, which I don`t really wanna go to and I have
<conio.h> which it says is that it dosn`t behave right.

Which one would you prefer or recommend?

[long double main]

Then by process of elimination, your last option is (copy/pasted from link above):

#include <windows.h>

void ClearScreen()
  {
  HANDLE                     hStdOut;
  CONSOLE_SCREEN_BUFFER_INFO csbi;
  DWORD                      count;
  DWORD                      cellCount;
  COORD                      homeCoords = { 0, 0 };

  hStdOut = GetStdHandle( STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE );
  if (hStdOut == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE) return;

  /* Get the number of cells in the current buffer */
  if (!GetConsoleScreenBufferInfo( hStdOut, &csbi )) return;
  cellCount = csbi.dwSize.X *csbi.dwSize.Y;

  /* Fill the entire buffer with spaces */
  if (!FillConsoleOutputCharacter(
    hStdOut,
    (TCHAR) ' ',
    cellCount,
    homeCoords,
    &count
    )) return;

  /* Fill the entire buffer with the current colors and attributes */
  if (!FillConsoleOutputAttribute(
    hStdOut,
    csbi.wAttributes,
    cellCount,
    homeCoords,
    &count
    )) return;

  /* Move the cursor home */
  SetConsoleCursorPosition( hStdOut, homeCoords );
  }

In reality, I'd say that the best way is to simply not clear the screen at all (if that's at all practical).

What do you need to clear the screen for?

[EwCjE3v7]

In reality, I'd say that the best way is to simply not clear the screen at all (if that's at all practical).

What do you need to clear the screen for?

Yea I`m going to stop clearing the screen, its for a Tic Tac Toe game.
Thanks