[R] Page eject and clearing the console

[Gabor Grothendieck]

On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 9:48 AM, John Sorkin <jsorkin at grecc.umaryland.edu> wrote:
> (1) I know that \n when used in cat, e.g. cat("\n") produces a line feed (i.e. skips to the next line). Is there any escape sequence that will go to the top of the next page?
> (2) I know that control L will clear the console. Is there an equivalent function or other means that can be used in R code to clear the console?
>

Its always a good idea to look through the archives before posting.  I
had posted this 5 years ago.  It uses RDCOMClient:

http://www.mail-archive.com/r-help@stat.math.ethz.ch/msg57802.html

and also posted a second version using rcom in the same thread.

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