Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: Notesfiles $Revision: 1.6.2.17 $; site uiucdcs.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcs!hohensee From: hohensee@uiucdcs.UUCP Newsgroups: net.micro.pc Subject: Re: Elementry "C" question for the PC Message-ID: <24700095@uiucdcs.UUCP> Date: Tue, 15-Jan-85 01:58:00 EST Article-I.D.: uiucdcs.24700095 Posted: Tue Jan 15 01:58:00 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 16-Jan-85 04:58:54 EST References: <1050002@acf4.UUCP> Lines: 12 Nf-ID: #R:acf4:-105000200:uiucdcs:24700095:000:391 Nf-From: uiucdcs!hohensee Jan 15 00:58:00 1985 The easiest way, really, is to set your PC up with an ANSI device driver ... by including "DEVICE=ANSI.SYS" as a line in your CONFIG.SYS file. This will open a world of screen functions up to the programmer. Check out chapter 13 on Extended Keyboard functions in the DOS manual. Then to clear the screen simply: #define ESCAPE 27 clear_screen() { printf("%d[2J", ESCAPE); }