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Brian Haucke
13,717 Pointsjava-repl question: How do I clear screen / line break?
I think it was explained in an earlier lesson, but I can't remember how to do a line break or clear the screen when I'm in the repl.
3 Answers
Brian Haucke
13,717 PointsOK, I figured out why I couldn't do a line break: I was closing my code block {} and entering my code inside it.
- If I have an open code block { I can just hit enter and move down a line. Just have to remember to close it at the end!
Also, CTRL-L will clear the screen.
Amal Karim
5,329 PointsTo clear it, just type
:cls
If you wanna know available commands, type
:help
It works both on java-repl at Workspace and on java-repl at windows command line.
And thanks for the tip at how to do line break!
Trevor Hunsberger
1,509 PointsVery helpful!
George Pirchalaishvili
3,747 PointsTo clear - just write "clear"
Brian Haucke
13,717 PointsThat works fine in the normal workspace, but if I'm in java-repl and type "clear" I get this message:
ERROR: not a statement
clear;
^ ERROR: cannot find symbol
symbol: variable clear
location: class Evaluation
clear;
^
I did some more investigating and it turns out CTRL-L will clear the screen in the java-repl. Still not sure how to drop down to a new line, though.