How can I return to the start of a line in a console?

Question

How can I return to the start of a line and overwrite what has already been output on the console? The following does not appear to work:

System.out.print(my         


        

Answer 1

My guess (And it is a guess) would be that '\r' does work, but the console you're using doesn't treat it as you'd expect. Which console are you using? If it's something like console output in your IDE, have you tried it on a real command-line instead?