Newbie question - clearing screen @ interactive prompt

[Kaizer]

Hello,

I use python on Mandrake 10.2 2005 Ltd edition. I am learning so i use
python interactively. How do i clear the screen in python??

I simply type "clear" on the Linux prompt and the screen clears there.

Is there a similar command in Python to clear the interactive screen??

Thanks in advance,

Have a great day,
Kaizer.

 

[Max Ischenko]

Well, you can run any system command from within Python as well:

import os
os.system('clear')

But I'm not sure this will help in this case. Are you trying to program
a console app in Python? If so, you may want to look into curses
module or other console lib that has Python bindings (like newt).

http://docs.python.org/lib/module-curses.html

HTH,
Max // http://max.textdriven.com

 

[matt]

Just press Control-L.

 

[Kaizer]

Hey matt,

Thanks a ton! This works!!

Have a great day
Kaizer.