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Ruby

matt haney
matt haney
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Posted by matt haney
matt haney
8,999 Points

Ruby question...**personal project, not from lesson**

So I am writing a program, and I would like to be able to clear the console from the script. Is there any way to do this? For instanace

Question 1?\n answer\n Question 2?\n user_input\n submit input\n *clear console* return value

1 Answer

Seth Kroger
Seth Kroger
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Seth Kroger
Seth Kroger
56,413 Points

A lot of the console specific functions are in a module called curses, including a clear() method: http://ruby-doc.org/stdlib-2.0.0/libdoc/curses/rdoc/Curses.html

matt haney
matt haney
8,999 Points
matt haney
matt haney
8,999 Points

Thanks so much. Let me give it a go. Thanks for your time.