Re: Fwd: IDLE: clearing the screen

On 04Jun2024 22:43, Rob Cliffe <rob.cliffe@btinternet.com> wrote:

import os
def cls(): x=os.system("cls")
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Now whenever you type
cls()
it will clear the screen and show the prompt at the top of the screen.
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(The reason for the "x=" is: os.system returns a result, in this case 0.  When you evaluate an expression in the IDE, the IDE prints the result.  So without the "x=" you get an extra line at the top of the screen containing "0".)

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Not if it's in a function, because the IDLE prints the result if it isn't None, and your function returns None. So:
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    def cls():
        os.system("cls")
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should be just fine.