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Java program to clear console screen

Write a Java program to clear console screen.
Submitted by Nidhi, on March 04, 2022

Problem statement

In this program, we will print a message and then clear a printed message from the screen and then print another message.

Java program to clear console screen

The source code to clear the console screen is given below. The given program is compiled and executed successfully.

// Java program to clear console screen

public class Main {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    System.out.print("Hello World");

    //Now clear console screen.
    System.out.print("\033[H\033[2J");
    System.out.flush();

    //Now print new message on console.
    System.out.print("Hello India");
  }
}

Output

Hello India

Explanation

In the above program, we created a public class Main. It contains a static method main(). The main() method is an entry point for the program. And, printed the "Hello World" message. Then we clear the console screen using the below statements:

    System.out.print("\033[H\033[2J");
    System.out.flush();

After that, we printed the "Hello India" message.

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