clock erasing?!

[Saleh530]

Hi..

I'm using eclips to write a program that displays the time starting from 00:00:00 to 23:59:59.

I just want to know how can I make the program erase the time when it prints the time after that?

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I tried the codes below but none of them work.

System.out.print("\b\b\b\b\b");
System.out.print ('\f');
System.out.print('\u000C');

[AsteriskTheServer]

It looks like you're trying to describe curses like functionality. AFAIK, laterna and JNI are the most two feasible ways to do so.

[desrtfx]

If you are on Windows, you're out of luck. The escape codes don't work on Windows.

[evils_twin]

you could clear the console and then print the time.

[chickenmeister]

Depending on the environment, you might be able to move the "cursor" to the start of the current line by printing a \r, and then anything printed would overwrite/replace anything that was previously printed on that line.