how do i clear the whole screen

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nipanjanpaul@yahoo.com - 16 Jan 2006 08:59 GMT

hi i am new to java, is there any way i can clear the whole screen
before i display the result in jdk1.3.

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zero - 16 Jan 2006 11:27 GMT

nipanjanpaul@yahoo.com wrote in news:1137401953.150981.299490
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> hi i am new to java, is there any way i can clear the whole screen
> before i display the result in jdk1.3.

If you're talking about the console window (that's the black box with white
text, looks like a dos box), look for something like "clear console" in
this group's archive
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.java.programmer?lnk=gschg

If you mean a Swing GUI element such as a JTextArea, just use
JTextArea:setText("");

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Roedy Green - 16 Jan 2006 11:34 GMT

>hi i am new to java, is there any way i can clear the whole screen
>before i display the result in jdk1.3.

see http://mindprod.com/jgloss/console.html

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