clc

Clear Command Window

Syntax

clc

Description

clc clears all the text from the Command Window, resulting in a clear screen. After running clc, 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.

Use clc in 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 = 50×50

    0.8147    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
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Clear all text from the Command Window.

clc

Create a 10-by-10 matrix of random numbers.

rand(10)

ans = 10×10

    0.8558    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

Version History

Introduced before R2006a