How to clear the screen in the command prompt?

Question

Hello Everyone,
I was wondering how we can clear the screen in the command prompt in Java. I remember we can do this in C by writing system("cls");
What is the best IDE for writing Java programs. Is the NetBeans IDE good? Thank you very much.

Answer 1

I was wondering how we can clear the screen in the
command prompt in Java. I remember we can do this in
C by writing system("cls");I guess there's no Java way of doing that because it's a function of the shell you're calling. If you try to use Runtime.exec on cls, it starts yet another shell, clears that, and closes it again, so it has no effect on your output.
You could try using the '\b' backspace character, if that helps.
What is the best IDE for writing Java programs. Is
the NetBeans IDE good? Thank you very much.By the way you're asking this question, the answer will be almost certainly "none". If you want to, you can search this board for the few million times this question was asked before, pick all IDEs suggested there and use the one you're most comfortable with.