how to clear the console when the programm is running (not manually)

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how to clear the console when the programm is running (not manually) - hello_its_me - Sep-02-2017

HI,

I am used to C# and there is the option "Console.Clear()"to clear the console but I found no way that worked for me. The most used way I found was "import os" but that didn't work at all is there anything else I could try?

Thanks

RE: how to clear the console when the programm is running (not manually) - Larz60+ - Sep-02-2017

more info please.
A bit of code would help with specifics on where in the code you feel it is going wrong.

RE: how to clear the console when the programm is running (not manually) - sparkz_alot - Sep-02-2017

This has always worked for me (though have not tried an Mac)

import os

os.system('cls' if os.name == 'nt' else 'clear')

RE: how to clear the console when the programm is running (not manually) - nilamo - Sep-29-2017

If you don't like using os.system...

[print() for _ in range(80)]

RE: how to clear the console when the programm is running (not manually) - gruntfutuk - Sep-30-2017

print('\n'*80)

RE: how to clear the console when the programm is running (not manually) - wavic - Sep-30-2017

This will position the cursor at the botom of the terminal window.
Better use suprocess module

import subprocess

try:
    subprocess.call(['cls']) # Windows call
except FileNotFoundError:
    subprocess.call(['clear']) # *nix call