Clear terminal in c

Question

I am facing problem to understand this line of code.

printf("\033[2J\033[1;1H");

This printf statement is used to clear the terminal in c. Can anybody explain this to me?

Thanks.

Answer 1

Take a look at the list of ANSI escape sequences:
https://gist.github.com/fnky/458719343aabd01cfb17a3a4f7296797

ESC[2J : erases the entire screen

General information:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ANSI_escape_code