193 CLS clear the text screen Purpose To clear the text area of the screen. Any graphics in this area will also be cleared. The text area will be left in the ‘current text background colour’. The text cursor will then be moved to its ‘home’ position at the top left of the text area. See the keyword COLOUR for more information about text background colours. Examples 560 CLS CLS Description Clears the current text area and sets this area of the screen to the current text background colour. The statement then causes the text cursor to move to the text origin (0,0) at the top of the current text area. CLS resets COUNT . Syntax CLS Associated keywords CLG , COLOUR