clrscr was not declared in this scope

[stmurugesan]

Hi,

I am using code::blocks compiler, the command

clrscr();

is giving error below error
"clrscr was not declared in this scope"

Kindly help to resolve this issue.

thanks and regards
Murugesan

[vlad from moscow]

You should include the header where this function is declared. It is not a standard function and can be absent in your compiler implementation.

[Duthomhas]

You need to #include <conio.h> for the proper compiler -- which is not the GCC if you are using the C::B defaults.

See http://www.cplusplus.com/articles/4z18T05o/ for more about how to clear the terminal display.