Clear Console Buffer

Question

I\'m writing a sample console application in VS2008. Now I have a Console.WriteLine() method which displays output on the screen and then there is Console

Answer 1

Unfortunately, there is no built-in method in Console class. But you can do this:

while(Console.KeyAvailable) 
    Console.ReadKey(false); // skips previous input chars

Console.ReadKey(); // reads a char

Use Console.ReadKey(true) if you don't want to print skipped chars.

Microsoft References

Console.KeyAvailable

Console.ReadKey(bool)