While writing a python program in a .py file the clear screen function will not work when i run the file ```python os.system("cls" if os.name == "nt" else clear) ``` I need to be able to clear the screen and i am just stuck?

You have to put clear command in quotes, so it should be: python os.system("cls" if os.name == "nt" else "clear")

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Posted October 15, 2017 6:49pm by

python clear screen not working

While writing a python program in a .py file the clear screen function will not work when i run the file

os.system("cls" if os.name == "nt" else clear)

I need to be able to clear the screen and i am just stuck?

1 Answer

October 15, 2017 9:29pm

You have to put clear command in quotes, so it should be:

os.system("cls" if os.name == "nt" else "clear")

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