The BOXCLEAR expression is used to clear rectangular areas on most terminal types (it is ignored on other terminal types).
The form of the expression is:
BOXCLEAR(upperleftcol,upperleftrow,lowerrightcol,lowerrightrow)
Example:
PRINT BOXCLEAR(5,5,10,15)
clears a rectangle with the upper left corner at column 5, row 5 and the lower right corner at column 10, row 15, using blank characters.
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