Clearing screen in Java

[hayri ugur koltuk]

Is there no easy and practical way of clearing console screen in java?

 

[Taygun Kekec]

for(int i=0; i<100; i++){
System.out.println();
}

 

[Hal Rosser]

Is there no easy and practical way of clearing console screen in java?

String cls = "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n";// (as
many as needed)
//** then...
System.out.print(cls);

 

[Roedy Green]

Is there no easy and practical way of clearing console screen in java?

see http://mindprod.com/jgloss/console.html

 

[Neil Coffey]

Is there no easy and practical way of clearing console screen in java?

It depends a bit on what your "console" is.

If it will interpret standard ASCII control codes (such as many
UNIX terminals), you can do:

System.out.print((char) 12);

Neil