How to clear screen in python?

Asked Sep 10 '17 at 20:23

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I'm looking for a command to clear the screen in python, with so far no luck. I'm want to make a python drawing program, and I am updating the "canvas" (A series of spaces and pound signs stored in lists) every time a change is made. I have tried both os.system('clear') and call('clear'), but I've found that instead of clearing the screen, they both just add newlines until all the characters from before the command are not visible. This is unwanted because otherwise the user can just scroll up and look at the previous formats of the "canvas". So, is there a python command that legitimately clears the screen?

This is not a duplicate question. I have looked at the question that someone posted, and all answers still turned up the same: newline characters, but no "real" screen clearing.

edited Sep 10 '17 at 20:32

asked Sep 10 '17 at 20:23

Ty Staszak

Are you in IPython, terminal/command prompt, or IDLE – whackamadoodle3000 Sep 10 '17 at 20:24
If you want to do some "complicated" stuff try this instead https://docs.python.org/3/howto/curses.html – BlackBear Sep 10 '17 at 20:25
I run my python scripts straight from Geany, so terminal. – Ty Staszak Sep 10 '17 at 20:26
Try this: `print(chr(27) + "[2J")` – whackamadoodle3000 Sep 10 '17 at 20:28
`print(chr(27) + "[2J")` still has the same problem – Ty Staszak Sep 10 '17 at 20:30
@TyStaszak even when typing 'clear' on a terminal, the screen is still scrollable - so python does exact that... – coder Sep 10 '17 at 20:32
@coder so there is no non-scrollable clear command? – Ty Staszak Sep 10 '17 at 20:33
@TyStaszak as far as I know there isn't, but there are some ways you can overwrite the previous line (using carriage return `\r`) or maybe a GUI lib that offers that functionality – coder Sep 10 '17 at 20:35

How to clear screen in python?

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