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Python

Posted by Quinn Thompson
Quinn Thompson
1,227 Points

Pycharm Clear screen

Hi Guys, I've recently started to learn to program with Python and I am using pycharm on my PC. On one of the earlier lessons Kenneth used made a project that would clear the screen to clean up as he went however in pycharm this doesn't work instead all you get is a little square in the window and it clears nothing. Any ideas?

Nicolas Bassano
Nicolas Bassano
2,125 Points

hi Quinn!

Can you provide the link for that lesson? I mean, the one he shows the "clear screen".

Cheers.

5 Answers

Edward Seibert
Edward Seibert
32,055 Points
Edward Seibert
Edward Seibert
32,055 Points

The clear screen function Kenneth wrote in this video won't work inside of PyCharm's run window, so you're probably doing it right. :D That function will only work in a terminal window.

Quinn Thompson
Quinn Thompson
1,227 Points
Quinn Thompson
Quinn Thompson
1,227 Points

Here is a link to the video that refers to the project that uses these commands.

https://teamtreehouse.com/library/python-basics/letter-game-app/letter-game-refinement

Nicolas Bassano
Nicolas Bassano
2,125 Points

I tried my code for the letter game in Pycharm.

It works but really weird...................

For instance I get some little squares before the "Welcome to Letter Guess!" message (tried to copy/paste but it doesnt show here). And some ">?" here and there.

mmmm gotta dig deeper. Its probably a pycharm thing and needs some tweaking.

Ill let you know if I find something.

:(

Quinn Thompson
Quinn Thompson
1,227 Points
Quinn Thompson
Quinn Thompson
1,227 Points

Thanks Nicolas, I tried googling information about it but couldn't find anything either.

Allison Schaaf
Allison Schaaf
33,322 Points
Allison Schaaf
Allison Schaaf
33,322 Points

You can create your own keyboard shortcuts in PyCharm:

  1. Open Pycharm preferences
  2. Search: "clear all"
  3. Double click "clear all" -> add keyboard shortcut (set it to CTRL + L or whatever you'd like)
  4. Make sure to click in the console (or Run window) before using the shortcut or it doesn't do anything.
Jonathan De Wet
Jonathan De Wet
355 Points
Jonathan De Wet
Jonathan De Wet
355 Points

Here is a way to do it in pycharm https://stackoverflow.com/a/47367480/5424873