how to blank an output screen?

[eyal3400]

i have started working with java a week ago however i have background with JavaScript.
my problem is that i don't know how to clear the output window so:


import java.util.Scanner;
public class hi5 {
public static void main (String args[]){
Scanner A = new Scanner (System.in);
//anything is put on the output
System.out.println("anything");
//the output will be anything, however now how do i erase this line from the output box?
//in addition when u input anything
int a = A.nextInt();
//the input value u have just typed stays on the screen after you have pressed the enter
//buttom, and i would like to know how to make the input value disappear when u enter it
}
}

help would be greatly appreciated, thx

[Norm]

Some consoles have commands to clear. On others you could write enough blank lines to push shown lines out of sight.
Otherwise consoles are not for fancy GUI like stuff. Use a GUI if you want that kind of control.

[Hibernate]

Clearing the terminal is OS dependent, I am not sure but i think GNU's ncourses can clear the terminal, if so, the Java library jcourses may also be able to do so for Windows and GNU (Linux).

However if you are using GNU you just need to print "\033c" for clearing the screen or "\033[2J" for clearing the display (previous lines will be stored, but only visible if scrolling up).
Several commands like this (for example colouring) exists, and some of the magick follows the specifications for VT100.

If you are using Windows or DOS I hear these command does work, but for newer version of Windows (maybe it was XP and newer) you must explicitly enable ANSI.SYS,
but I do not know how to do that.

[eyal3400]

thx i will try to look into it more

[Hibernate]

Please notify me by mail [hibernate@linuxmail.org] if you get it to work in Windows.
It would be awesome to get more of my stuff to work in Windows.

[Hibernate]

Some consoles have commands to clear. On others you could write enough blank lines to push shown lines out of sight.
Otherwise consoles are not for fancy GUI like stuff. Use a GUI if you want that kind of control.

Yes that is exactly what consoles are for, just look at:
nvlc (that is VLC with some extra parameters), less, emacs, nano, Opera-Next installer, Arch Linux' installer, gpm &a