"W W" <srilyk at gmail.com> wrote > if os.system('cls') == 0: > pass > elif os.system('clear') == 0: > pass > else: print '\n' * 80 > That should take care of most of your OS' out there... Why raise an error when you can just clear it by brute force? -- Alan Gauld Author of the Learn to Program web site http://www.freenetpages.co.uk/hp/alan.gauld