Is it OK to use system("CLS") with Visual Studio?

Asked Jan 03 '18 at 19:04

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I was looking around on the Microsoft forums about clearing the console in the Windows Console Application. I was looking for an alternative to system("CLS") because I heard that it was bad to use and unportable.

All I found was to use system("CLS") and there weren't any alternatives that seemed to work.

In Visual Studio 2017 (the version I'm using) is it OK¹ to use system("CLS") and system("pause")?

¹⁾_{Ok as in it is not bad to use.}

edited Jan 03 '18 at 19:57

asked Jan 03 '18 at 19:04

Handge

Alternative and you don't need to depend on system command `cout << string(50, '\n');` – Ankur Jyoti Phukan Jan 03 '18 at 19:08
It would have some of the same disadvantages as [`system("pause");`](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1107705/systempause-why-is-it-wrong). – Fred Larson Jan 03 '18 at 19:09
OT: The only use-case, where I see screen clearing to be useful, is ASCII-based console games. Apart from those: I fail to understand the need for it. – Algirdas Preidžius Jan 03 '18 at 19:09
That does work, but I would prefer the text to be at the top. I am making an ASCII-based console game. – Handge Jan 03 '18 at 19:09
you can use `clrscr();` , present in `conio.h` – Ankur Jyoti Phukan Jan 03 '18 at 19:12
Visual Studio removed `clrscr();` from `conio.h` – Handge Jan 03 '18 at 19:13
Try this link : http://www.cplusplus.com/articles/4z18T05o/ It contains different way to achieve clear screen – Ankur Jyoti Phukan Jan 03 '18 at 19:14
Thanks, seemed to work on there but is it alright to user `system("CLS");` once? – Handge Jan 03 '18 at 19:15

Is it OK to use system("CLS") with Visual Studio?

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