How to clear screen on python 3.6 IDLE?

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All I wanted to ask that if i want to clear screen in IDLE what method I can use to clear it without closing it. For e.g. I print this statement using:-

print("Prabal Tiwari")

after getting output of this I want to clear the console without closing it. Just like we use "clear" on ubuntu terminal.

This is a duplicate of a duplicate... Search in SO search box for `[python-idle] clear screen` to find multiple questions. — Terry Jan Reedy, Apr 01 '17 at 04:41

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:32

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The "cls" and "clear" are commands which will clear a terminal (ie a DOS prompt, or terminal window). From your screenshot, you are using the shell within IDLE, which won't be affected by such things. Unfortunately, I don't think there is a way to clear the screen in IDLE. The best you could do is to scroll the screen down lots of lines, eg:

print "\n" * 100

Though you could put this in a function:

def cls(): print "\n" * 100

And then call it when needed as cls()

source: Any way to clear python's IDLE window?

edited May 23 '17 at 12:32

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answered Apr 01 '17 at 03:31

Robert I

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I've been trying to put this into a function and have it called on start-up but have been running around in circles in trying to get the function called with the environmental variable (Mac OSX). Any help? https://stackoverflow.com/questions/49677593/how-do-i-import-my-user-defined-function-without-having-to-call-the-py-file-it – jimmytt Apr 08 '18 at 00:17

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 01 '17 at 03:25

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I think you can restart it but I don't think there is any way to do it without restarting the console. Hope this helped!

answered Apr 01 '17 at 03:25

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How to clear screen on python 3.6 IDLE?

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