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Clearing the Scrren

Posted by Matt Gerrans on December 11, 2001 at 6:07 PM

> Try to make this instead of executing any commands...
> for (int i=0; i<25; i++) System.out.println();

And what if your screen has more than 25 lines? Additionally, the normal behavior of a cleared screen is to have the cursor at the top, not the bottom.

> It is better for memory performance and will clear your screen

"Better for memory performance?" Are you joking about this part?

As for performance, doing 25 (or more) println()s is slower than a single clrscr().

- mfg