Re: Clearing the screen - Press any key...

From: Ulrich Eckhardt (doomster_at_knuut.de)
Date: 09/01/04 

Date: Wed, 01 Sep 2004 07:09:13 +0200

Steve wrote:
> //Sample code for pressing any key to continue...
> char anykey;
> cout << "Press any key to continue...";
> cin >> anykey;
> cout <<"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n";
> //End sample
>
> So that code requires that you actually enter some character before
> pressing enter. How do you make it so that you can simply press the
> space bar and press enter to clear the screen?

std::cout << "<enter>" << std::flush;
std::string str;
std::getline( std::cin, str);

> Also is there a better way to clear the screen other than using
> \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n (the method for clearning the screen must be an
> ANSI/ISO Standard C++ command/code).

No, there isn't.

For text-based, menu driven programs, you should take a look at one of the
curses libraries. They feature much more, e.g. tracking single keypresses
and positioning the cursor and are available for a wide range of
platforms.

Uli 

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