How do i clear the console?

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:bust_in_silhouette: Asked By MaximoTG98

I’m printing lots of lines in the console for my tests, but i need to clear the console when the game is running, Something like when i press X the console wipes every text i printed.

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:bust_in_silhouette: Reply From: System_Error

You mean the Console thing that the Debugger is attached to? There’s a “CLEAR” button on the top right of that box, if the Output tab is selected.

But can i clear that output using code? I need to be able to clear the output tab from the game.

MaximoTG98 | 2019-02-02 14:26

hello,

did you ever figure out a way to clear the console from a script ?

thanks

troynall | 2020-05-24 02:25

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:bust_in_silhouette: Reply From: Calinou

You can print an ANSI escape code that will clear the console this way:

func _ready():
    print("This message won't be visible.")
    clear_console()
    print("The console was cleared.")

func clear_console():
    var escape = PoolByteArray([0x1b]).get_string_from_ascii()
    print(escape + "[2J")

Keep in mind this won’t work in the editor’s Output tab, as it doesn’t interpret ANSI escape codes. See this Stack Overflow question for more information on clearing/resetting a console using ANSI escape codes.