Thread: Help, my program wont run!

I made a very simple text program today, reading from a book and it told me to create it. I compiled the script and it was all good but when I went to run it it just flashed command prompt on my screen and went away.

#include <stdio.h>
main()
{
printf("My name is Sean Katzenstein\n");
}

This is my script, please help and thank you.

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And it's int main(void), with a return 0 at the end.

What compiler are you using there may be an easier solution.

What IDE are you using there may be an easier solution.

At the top of your code, add a #include <conio.h>. And at the end of the main function, add a system("pause");. This will ask you to "Press any key to continue. . ." when the program's done. This only works on Windows, though.

Originally Posted by Babkockdood

At the top of your code, add a #include <conio.h>. And at the end of the main function, add a system("pause");. This will ask you to "Press any key to continue. . ." when the program's done. This only works on Windows, though.

Actually, conio.h is specific to Turbo C, and is not required for the system("pause") call. system() is a function from stdlib.h.

Originally Posted by anduril462

Actually, conio.h is specific to Turbo C, and is not required for the system("pause") call. system() is a function from stdlib.h.

Oh, you're right, I was thinking of getch. conio.h is included with most compilers for Windows, actually.