From 5dd9fdde4e75f309aae174539bf8cfa5d01bca23 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Stone_Red <56473591+Stone-Red-Code@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 6 Mar 2026 13:09:23 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Handle Clear gracefully in non-interactive console without
 crashing

---
 .../ConsoleStatementsTests.cs                        |  8 +++++---
 .../Statements/ConsoleStatements.cs                  | 12 ++++++++++--
 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/YesNt.Interpreter.Tests/ConsoleStatementsTests.cs b/src/YesNt.Interpreter.Tests/ConsoleStatementsTests.cs
index 1ba7cbc..0901d10 100644
--- a/src/YesNt.Interpreter.Tests/ConsoleStatementsTests.cs
+++ b/src/YesNt.Interpreter.Tests/ConsoleStatementsTests.cs
@@ -39,14 +39,16 @@ public class ConsoleStatementsTests
     }
 
     [TestMethod]
-    public void ClearThrowsInNonInteractiveConsoleTest()
+    public void ClearDoesNotCrashInNonInteractiveConsoleTest()
     {
         List<string> lines =
         [
-            "clear"
+            "clear",
+            "var dummy = 0",
+            "${dummy}"
         ];
 
-        _ = Assert.Throws<IOException>(() => YesNtAssert.GetLastLine(lines));
+        YesNtAssert.IsLastLineEqual(lines, "0");
     }
 
     [TestMethod]
diff --git a/src/YesNt.Interpreter/Statements/ConsoleStatements.cs b/src/YesNt.Interpreter/Statements/ConsoleStatements.cs
index 7df8c71..0c391d7 100644
--- a/src/YesNt.Interpreter/Statements/ConsoleStatements.cs
+++ b/src/YesNt.Interpreter/Statements/ConsoleStatements.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-using System;
+using System;
 using System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis;
+using System.IO;
 
 using YesNt.Interpreter.Attributes;
 using YesNt.Interpreter.Enums;
@@ -61,6 +62,13 @@ internal class ConsoleStatements : StatementRuntimeInformation
     [SuppressMessage("Performance", "CA1822:Mark members as static", Justification = "Won't work if static")]
     public void Clear(string _)
     {
-        Console.Clear();
+        try
+        {
+            Console.Clear();
+        }
+        catch (IOException)
+        {
+            // Silently fail if the console is not interactive
+        }
     }
 }
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