[R] Flushing the console under Windows

[Prof Brian Ripley]

On Wed, 29 Aug 2001, Bill Oliver wrote:

> Is there a way to clear the console under Windows with a command in R code?
> I've tried "flush.console()", but nothing happens on my system. I would
> guess that that function has a different purpose. Thanks!

Yes, see ?flush.console.

You can clear the console by ctrl-L, but not from a function.



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> -Bill
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> > R.version
>          _
> platform i386-pc-mingw32
> arch     x86
> os       Win32
> system   x86, Win32
> status
> major    1
> minor    3.0
> year     2001
> month    06
> day      22
> language R
> > win.version()
> [1] "Windows 2000 Professional (build 2195) Service Pack 2.0"
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