clc
Clear Command Window
Syntax
Description
clcclears all the text from the Command Window, resulting in a clear screen. After runningclc, you cannot use the scroll bar in the Command Window to see previously displayed text. You can, however, use the up-arrow key ↑ in the Command Window to recall statements from the command history.
Useclcin a MATLAB®code file to always display output in the same starting position on the screen.
Examples
Clear All Output
Clear all text from the Command Window before running a command.
Create a 50-by-50 matrix of random numbers.
rand(50)
ans =50×500.8147 0.2760 0.1622 0.4173 0.6443 0.9631 0.0596 0.3015 0.4229 0.9160 0.5822 0.7363 0.8507 0.1465 0.5590 0.4561 0.6837 0.1098 0.9879 0.1636 0.6312 0.9891 0.7829 0.7136 0.5038 0.2859 0.4067 0.1170 0.5038 0.0196 0.1403 0.3180 0.6723 0.6423 0.8383 0.8090 0.1982 0.2411 0.1934 0.5230 0.7449 0.3991 0.9852 0.3257 0.0560 0.1457 0.1048 0.9173 0.8169 0.9018 0.9058 0.6797 0.7943 0.0497 0.3786 0.5468 0.6820 0.7011 0.0942 0.0012 0.5407 0.3947 0.5606 0.1891 0.8541 0.1017 0.1321 0.9338 0.1704 0.6660 0.3551 0.0669 0.6938 0.6183 0.4896 0.5437 0.6669 0.8147 0.6128 0.4352 0.2601 0.6086 0.4315 0.2213 0.5847 0.3565 0.1951 0.8414 0.7544 0.3253 0.8923 0.5994 0.5595 0.6302 0.8169 0.5850 0.8584 0.5098 0.1895 0.4195 0.1270 0.6551 0.3112 0.9027 0.8116 0.5211 0.0424 0.6663 0.5985 0.4624 0.8699 0.6834 0.9296 0.0427 0.3479 0.9954 0.7227 0.1875 0.2578 0.8944 0.9970 0.9394 0.0098 0.3433 0.8770 0.9848 0.9337 0.3249 0.8194 0.8322 0.0868 0.9102 0.6944 0.8371 0.9481 0.0732 0.3268 0.8572 0.3463 0.8318 0.2426 0.8005 0.9336 0.2303 0.5289 0.0734 0.6982 0.9742 0.1237 0.3581 0.9134 0.1626 0.5285 0.9448 0.5328 0.2316 0.0714 0.5391 0.4709 0.4243 0.2648 0.7040 0.6967 0.6352 0.4460 0.3321 0.1104 0.2662 0.3968 0.5166 0.2242 0.0182 0.8432 0.9360 0.3531 0.7157 0.8110 0.2462 0.5319 0.6174 0.4294 0.9091 0.2568 0.9711 0.0610 0.5910 0.8803 0.9636 0.4186 0.8103 0.1296 0.1051 0.7203 0.5799 0.6944 0.8223 0.7337 0.1973 0.8210 0.4890 0.6324 0.1190 0.1656 0.4909 0.3507 0.4889 0.5216 0.6981 0.6959 0.4609 0.3181 0.4423 0.5828 0.2819 0.0542 0.2973 0.1175 0.7978 0.0740 0.7027 0.6525 0.6838 0.9223 0.1248 0.4494 0.8390 0.4845 0.3427 0.2021 0.5201 0.2573 0.5916 0.0098 0.8464 0.5846 0.9102 0.4711 0.4889 0.1557 0.5570 0.2251 0.8214 0.4840 0.6032 0.2124 0.7229 0.6505 0.1112 0.6379 0.2560 0.0975 0.4984 0.6020 0.4893 0.9390 0.6241 0.0967 0.6665 0.6999 0.7702 0.1192 0.0196 0.8154 0.5386 0.1771 0.0620 0.6407 0.4876 0.6841 0.1536 0.6050 0.7837 0.7710 0.7306 0.9635 0.4333 0.7567 0.3757 0.4539 0.8639 0.2976 0.3326 0.5323 0.5060 0.2851 0.1938 0.4040 0.2203 0.8190 0.2630 0.3500 0.8411 0.6390 0.5999 0.5433 0.9259 0.5163 0.2974 0.0161 0.9292 0.2785 0.9597 0.2630 0.3377 0.8759 0.6791 0.8181 0.1781 0.6385 0.3225 0.9398 0.3309 0.8790 0.6952 0.6628 0.2982 0.3288 0.7690 0.4024 0.9535 0.3872 0.5341 0.0427 0.6465 0.0423 0.4706 0.4170 0.5466 0.4279 0.0977 0.4249 0.8531 0.2794 0.2789 0.8277 0.4324 0.1792 0.2262 0.6249 0.6806 0.2871 0.3545 0.8876 0.4484 0.7025 0.4926 0.3264 0.3964 0.8960 0.4668 0.5469 0.3404 0.6541 0.9001 0.5502 0.3955 0.8175 0.1280 0.0336 0.7847 0.6456 0.4243 0.9889 0.4991 0.3308 0.0464 0.6538 0.3960 0.9828 0.5409 0.1422 0.8854 0.3782 0.8332 0.9730 0.5607 0.9718 0.5619 0.9661 0.9081 0.1192 0.4424 0.9462 0.7466 0.1910 0.7492 0.9689 0.5368 0.7386 0.2337 0.9275 0.4301 0.1987 0.0354 0.9564 0.6549 0.6618 0.4208 0.5154 0.2540 0.9575 0.5853 0.6892 0.3692 0.6225 0.3674 0.7224 0.9991 0.0688 0.4714 0.4795 0.2703 0.0005 0.5358 0.8985 0.5054 0.7491 0.2729 0.4022 0.6797 0.0251 0.8990 0.7043 0.3983 0.1892 0.2691 0.9880 0.3958 0.6201 0.1080 0.4951 0.9044 0.9064 0.2369 0.4425 0.0392 0.4075 0.7621 0.8051 0.4564 0.0513 0.5722 0.3954 0.5138 0.4445 0.8901 0.1176 0.3115 0.5445 0.4312 0.9649 0.2238 0.7482 0.1112 0.5870 0.9880 0.1499 0.1711 0.3196 0.0358 0.6393 0.1971 0.8654 0.4452 0.1182 0.7614 0.5832 0.0372 0.6207 0.0366 0.4211 0.6259 0.7295 0.7498 0.6671 0.7490 0.8641 0.3981 0.6954 0.5170 0.7064 0.0332 0.3927 0.9573 0.3934 0.9463 0.8445 0.3476 0.0672 0.3846 0.5927 0.7008 0.9922 0.4077 0.0854 0.5385 0.1478 0.6938 0.6064 0.7025 ⋮
Clear all text from the Command Window.
clc
Create a 10-by-10 matrix of random numbers.
rand(10)
ans =10×100.8558 0.9390 0.9262 0.6279 0.4374 0.8884 0.8964 0.2442 0.8149 0.1398 0.6708 0.8154 0.2985 0.4504 0.7462 0.2332 0.4822 0.4290 0.1405 0.7519 0.5236 0.0014 0.3381 0.4736 0.4679 0.8616 0.0141 0.0102 0.8799 0.2418 0.2988 0.0031 0.8595 0.9497 0.8608 0.7117 0.6229 0.6088 0.0954 0.6505 0.7040 0.0875 0.3405 0.0835 0.4665 0.8728 0.2311 0.9580 0.3526 0.8574 0.3816 0.2607 0.1381 0.2798 0.4981 0.9380 0.5274 0.0954 0.5934 0.0844 0.5677 0.0228 0.5078 0.4470 0.4874 0.1397 0.7250 0.0356 0.5852 0.9721 0.8879 0.4241 0.8567 0.5876 0.2295 0.3939 0.6074 0.8862 0.6677 0.0315 0.8429 0.3411 0.3843 0.8776 0.0856 0.9806 0.5884 0.2469 0.6480 0.8354 0.8988 0.5414 0.6957 0.4691 0.0674 0.6448 0.4334 0.0089 0.4334 0.8357
Introduced before R2006a
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