LCD: erasing printed data? clearing specific fields?

started figuring it out, but it seems like overkill to have to do if lesser thans for every degree.

  if (result & BLOB1)
  {
    lcd.setCursor(9,0);   
    lcd.print("X: ");       
    lcd.setCursor(9,1);   
    lcd.print("Y: ");     
    if(X1 < 1000){
      lcd.setCursor(13,0);
      lcd.print(" ");
    }
    else{
      lcd.setCursor(12,0);
    }
    lcd.print(X1);   
    lcd.setCursor(13,1);
    lcd.print(Y1);    
    lcd.leftToRight();