Thread: How do you pause a program?

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    Question How do you pause a program?

    Hi, could someone please tell me what function pauses a console program to stop it from dissapearing at the end.
    Is it readln() or something like that?
    Thanks

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    here go!
    Code:
    int main(){
    	char ch;
    	printf("Press one key for continue...");
    	while((ch=fgetc(stdio))!='\n');
    	printf("You hit the key %c!",ch);
    	return 0;
    }
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    Code:
    char ch;
    'ch' should be an 'int' because thats what 'fgetc()' return.
    fgetc()'s prototype :
    Code:
    int fgetc(FILE *stream);
    Code:
    while((ch=fgetc(stdio))!='\n');
    did you even test your code before posting it?
    VC++6 error : error C2065: 'stdio' : undeclared identifier
    it should be 'stdin' not 'stdio'.
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