how do i clear the whole screen

[nipanjanpaul]

hi i am new to java, is there any way i can clear the whole screen
before i display the result in jdk1.3.

 

[zero]

(e-mail address removed) wrote in @f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com:

hi i am new to java, is there any way i can clear the whole screen
before i display the result in jdk1.3.

If you're talking about the console window (that's the black box with white
text, looks like a dos box), look for something like "clear console" in
this group's archive
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.java.programmer?lnk=gschg

If you mean a Swing GUI element such as a JTextArea, just use
JTextArea:setText("");

 

[Roedy Green]

hi i am new to java, is there any way i can clear the whole screen
before i display the result in jdk1.3.

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