Is there any way I can check if the console buffer has any text?

I want that so I can make a function to clear the console contents, don't know if it can work, it's a long shot. Like this for example:

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 void ClearScreen(){
  while (console has contents){
   cout<<"\b";
}
}
The short answer is no.

The longer answer is if you're using a console library, such as ncurses, you have a superior range of functions to do things like clearing the screen.
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