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Newsgroups: comp.lang.pascal
Subject: RE: cls for pascal?
Message-ID: <4911@brl-adm.ARPA>
Date: Wed, 11-Mar-87 22:16:45 EST
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Posted: Wed Mar 11 22:16:45 1987
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Someone recently posted a question asking how to clear the screen from inside a
Pascal program.  Answer: it depends.  What kind of computer are you using?  Are
you using a terminal hooked up to a larger machine or are you using a personal
computer?  What kind of terminal or personal computer?  If you'll post answers
to these questions I'll be more than happy to try to answer your question, but
the answer is definitly machine specific.
    Except.  Except that you could probably get away with a little loop
like this:

For Loop := 1 to 24 do  (*  Note that this assumes that there are 24 lines on *)
    WriteLn;            (*  the screen you want to clear.                     *)

    Strictly speaking, this won't do the same thing that cls does in most
BASICs, since it (probably) won't home the cursor.  But it will clear the mess
off of your screen.

    Good luck,

    Peter