Thread: executable file closes. why?

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    executable file closes. why?

    just finished my program but now when i run only the executable as soon as i enter the filename and hit enter, the exe closes. any ideas what i need to do?
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    Quote Originally Posted by InvariantLoop
    just finished my program but now when i run only the executable as soon as i enter the filename and hit enter, the exe closes. any ideas what i need to do?
    That's an extremely common problem. There are a few ways you can fix that problem:

    One is cin.get(), which is included in the <iostream.h> file, and another solution you can use <stdlib.h> and use system("pause"). Just call one of those functions right before you return from main.
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    how do u pause? give me an example, i put it in my code as follows
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    return 1;
    system ("pause");
    and still no go,
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    You need to put the pause before the return statement. And also, you should always return 0 if there wasn't an error.
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    Try swapping those two statements around.
    No use pausing AFTER you return.
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    yep it works now. thanks again ehehe
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