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Re: Clear screen python
« Reply #15 on: August 28, 2012, 04:31:56 pm »
An example of calling a function is os.system() or time.sleep(). You call tese functions from the modules you import such as time or os.
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Re: Clear screen python
« Reply #16 on: August 28, 2012, 05:18:33 pm »
Ok now what about turning the area script into a function because I am assuming that is why it is just automatically running?
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Re: Clear screen python
« Reply #17 on: August 28, 2012, 05:35:02 pm »
To clear the screen just use print "\n" * 50
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Re: Clear screen python
« Reply #18 on: August 28, 2012, 05:36:01 pm »
Won't that not clear it just scroll all the way down so you can't see anything?^
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Re: Clear screen python
« Reply #19 on: August 28, 2012, 05:36:53 pm »
Yes, but os.system is ugly, depreciated, and generally highly frowned upon.
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Re: Clear screen python
« Reply #20 on: August 28, 2012, 05:38:48 pm »
The same was said about input but now it's the only option....
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Re: Clear screen python
« Reply #21 on: August 28, 2012, 06:24:44 pm »
Again, i know 0 python, but how could input be frowned upon? That would basically say "i frown upon modularizing code" which would be a terrible thing and lead to terrible python code and the language would die. (done with my dreaming..)
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Re: Clear screen python
« Reply #22 on: August 28, 2012, 06:40:05 pm »
Something about input being unstable in python 2 and people being able to see your code idrk the full story. They ended up taking it out in python 3 and changing the function of raw_input to input but iPods still run python 2.
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Re: Clear screen python
« Reply #23 on: August 28, 2012, 06:46:14 pm »
Input isnt bad at all, just never ever ever ever use input on a networking program. Ever.
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Re: Clear screen python
« Reply #24 on: August 28, 2012, 06:56:31 pm »
Quote from: A12danrulz on August 28, 2012, 06:46:14 pm
Input isnt bad at all, just never ever ever ever use input on a networking program. Ever.

Seems like you're saying it's a bad idea...why?
Seems silly...
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Re: Clear screen python
« Reply #25 on: August 28, 2012, 07:04:09 pm »
Input is fine, but if you use it on a networking program, they could send __import__('os').system(cmd) just replace cmd with any Linux command and it gets executed. Or could make a Backdoor, or whatever they want.
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Re: Clear screen python
« Reply #26 on: August 28, 2012, 07:42:44 pm »
^ although didn't they get rid of that in python3 and just replace raw_input functions with input and do away with the old input and raw_input?
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Re: Clear screen python
« Reply #27 on: August 28, 2012, 07:43:10 pm »
But you are on 2.5.1 not 3...
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Re: Clear screen python
« Reply #28 on: August 28, 2012, 07:45:48 pm »
True but if I ever used it for networking I would use my comp which is on 3
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Re: Clear screen python
« Reply #29 on: August 28, 2012, 08:00:40 pm »
Quote from: A3MIRAL on August 28, 2012, 06:24:44 pm
Again, i know 0 python, but how could input be frowned upon? That would basically say "i frown upon modularizing code" which would be a terrible thing and lead to terrible python code and the language would die. (done with my dreaming..)
I don't think it was a dream, I saw it too ;)
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