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    Beginner question

    Today is the first time I started learning C++, or any language for that matter.

    I'm using Bloodshed Software's Dev-C++. The tutorials offered here said to copy some example code into a file (which is what I have, right?), save the file, and then open the file in a compiler. I thought I did this all right, but when I ran the file, a window just flashed before I could even see what it was. Is that supposed to happen?

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    Yes, just you a system pause to wait for a little or add a
    Code:
                cin.get();
    statement to the end and the console app will stay open until you press enter.

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    int main()
    {
    cout<<"HEY, you, I'm alive! Oh, and Hello World!";
    return 0;
    }

    add cin.get () ; here? When I did, errors occured, and it wouldn't run.

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    Sorry about that, guess I should be more specific:
    Code:
    int main()
    {
           cout<<"blah, blah";
           cin.get();
           return(0);
    }

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    YAHOO!!! My first crappy program!!! Thanks!

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    heh, i know just where you are... I loved that. I was so happy just to be able to type words on the screen.
    What is C++?

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