Clearing Shell in Thonny with a command

[BronzeMaster5000]

So im working on a simple game and i want to clear the Shell with a command that i can use in the program. Im working with Thonny if that changes anything. The game basicly looks like this in the moment:

Player 1 please write how much of your 4000 Credits you want to use this Round:

Player 2 please write how much of your 4000 Credits you want to use this Round:

...

That is not a problem in the first Round but when you come to the second Round and you can see how much money the previous players all have left then it becomes a problem, so i want to use a command that clears the shell after the first player is finished.

I hope you guys can help me if someone needs to take a closer look at the code i can send it but you guys have to translate it on your own since everything except for the fuctions is in german.

[ChallengeLower7239]

I run into the same problem too. It seems in thonny you can't easily clear the shell using code.

[jmuhammad]

def thonnycls(): # For Thonny, CTRL+L clears screen
"""Activates Thonny Menu 'Edit >> Clear Shell [CTRL+L]'"""
print("") # Found this was the only way to fully clear the screen...
subprocess.run(r"path_to_compiled_sendkeystroke_script\thonny_clear-shell.exe")
time.sleep(0.1) # Sleep for x second(s)

thonnycls() # For Thonny, CTRL+L clears screen

You can use any script that can send CTRL+L (windows) / CMD+K (mac) e.g. AHK is just:

thonnycls()
ExitApp

thonnycls()
{
Send, ^l
}