ClearConsole.c

/*@Shyed Shahriar Housaini
Copyright: @uthor*/

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <time.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <windows.h>
///#include <threads.h>
#include <conio.h>
#include <dos.h>
#include <direct.h>
#include <math.h>
#include <stdbool.h>
#include<ctype.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <strings.h>

int main(void)

{


printf (" ");

return 0;

}


/**

How to clear console in C language?
21-02-2018
It is one of the basic need a program may required i.e clear the console during execution time.

There is function named clrscr() which is included in conio.h and is a nonstandard function and is present in conio.h header file which is mostly used by MS-DOS compilers like Turbo C. It is not part of the C standard library or ISO C, nor is it defined by POSIX.

So what should we use there?
There are two more ways to clear console:

By Using system(“clear”)
By using a regex “\e[1;1H\e[2J”
Now question arises which should we use and why:
Using regex is a better way.The reason is its faster execution. By using regex we can perform clear screen operation very fastly in comparison to using system(“clear”).
Below c program will demonstrate how fast regex is then the system(“clear”)
The system(“clear”) is included in stdlib.h and also work only in linux system to use this in window use system(“cls”).

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// C program for clearing console and
// comparing two different methods
#include<stdio.h>
#include<stdlib.h>
#include<time.h>
int main()
{
    int i = 0;
    double time_taken;
    clock_t t1, t2;

    // a loop for showing geeks for geeks
    // repeating by clearing console using
    // system("clear")

    // Noting start time
    t1 = clock();
    for (i; i < 10000; i++)
    {
        system("clear");
        printf("geeks for geeks %d\n", i);
    }

    // Calculating total time taken by
    // system("clear")
    t1 = clock() - t1;

    // Noting start time of regex
    t2 = clock();
    for (i; i < 10000; i++)
    {
        printf("\e[1;1H\e[2J");
        printf("geeks for geeks %d\n", i);
    }

    // calculating total time taken by regex
    t2 = clock() - t2;

    // printing taken by both
    printf("Time taken by system\(\"clear\") %f\n",
                       ((double)t1)/CLOCKS_PER_SEC);
    printf("Time taken regex %f",
                 ((double)t2)/CLOCKS_PER_SEC);

    return 0;
}
Output

geeks for geeks 9999
Time taken by system("clear") 0.934388
Time taken by regex 0.000001
NOTE:The output time may differ but the difference in both time will always be large.And also run this program only in your system’s console not here.


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