[Tutor] How to clear the screen

[bob gailer]

W W wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 3:13 AM, Alan Gauld <alan.gauld at btinternet.com 
> <mailto:alan.gauld at btinternet.com>> wrote:
>
>     "Chris Fuller" <cfuller084 at thinkingplanet.net
>     <mailto:cfuller084 at thinkingplanet.net>> wrote
>
>
>         want to clear the screen, printing the control sequence ESC[2J
>         is all you
>         need.
>
>                     print chr(0x1b) + '[2J'
>
>
> I don't know if this is the most graceful solution... but it seems to 
> work:
>
> import os
>
> if os.system('cls') == 0:
>     pass
> elif os.system('clear') == 0:
>     pass
> else:
>     print 'No clear command available'
>
I'd prefer, for compactness and readability:

if not os.system('cls'):
  if not os.system('clear'):
   print 'No clear command available'


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