I need to do a function to clear the screen in C that runs on win, mac and linux. I thought about doing a function that:
If the OS were windows: system("cls");
If the OS was linux or mac: system("clear");
The problem is: How do I find out the computer's operating system and how would these if and else be?
To know if the system is linux or windows you can do as follows:
#ifdef __unix__
#include <unistd.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#elif defined(_WIN32) || defined(WIN32)
#define OS_Windows
#include <windows.h>
#endif
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
#ifdef OS_Windows
/* Codigo Windows */
system("cls");
#else
/* Codigo GNU/Linux */
system("clear");
#endif
}
In this answer , I used this:
#if defined(__MINGW32__) || defined(_MSC_VER)
#define limpar_input() fflush(stdin)
#define limpar_tela() system("cls")
#else
#define limpar_input() __fpurge(stdin)
#define limpar_tela() system("clear")
#endif