CLS
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CLS - clear the screen.

Syntax

CLS

Description

CLS clears the screen of text and graphics. The use of CLS in older BASIC dialects was not universal. Some old computers required you to change graphics modes in order to clear the screen and others required you to PRINT special ASCII characters.

In the days of the screen editor, CLS was almost always used to blank the screen before running a program.

Examples

Example of Use

CLS clears the screen of graphics and text.

PRINT "Before the CLS"
CLS
PRINT "After the CLS"

The code in this example will appear to only print After the CLS. The first PRINT line will be executed and displayed, but since CLS will clear the screen so quickly, it will seem as if it was never printed at all.

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