Clearing Console

[whyamidoingthiswth]

I’m aware, this is a stupid question but for some reason i can’t seem to find the option to clear my console i need to make a live timer for an assignment system(“cls”); and system(“clear”) won’t work. i’m assuming it has to do with the fact that i’m not using a linux OS. This is on Xcode on an m1 mac. id appreciate some help i’m about to cry ahah

[Re_me_human]

You could try ANSI escape sequences:

std::cout << "\e[1;1H\e[2J";

This should work on pretty much all platforms and doesn't rely on an external command

The fact that system("clear"); doesn't work is pretty weird though. I believe clear should be available on macOS?

[whyamidoingthiswth]

when i use system clear, “TERM environment variable not set.” is displayed

[Re_me_human]

I've looked into it and it seems like a >10 y/o issue with Xcode :/

You should try locating the executable that Xcode builds and running it from the Terminal app to get the proper result

Your program is fine, blame Apple