Function to clear the console in R and RStudio

I am wondering if there is a function to clear the console in R and, in particular, RStudio I am looking for a function that I can type into the console, and not a keyboard shortcut.

Someone has already provided such a function in this StackExchange post from 2010. Unfortunately, this depends on the RCom package and will not run on Mac OS X.

cat("\014")  

is the code to send CTRL+L to the console, and therefore will clear the screen.

Far better than just sending a whole lot of returns.

If you are using the default R console, the key combination Option + Command + L will clear the console.

You may define the following function

clc <- function() cat(rep("\n", 50))

which you can then call as clc().