Thread: LoL....stupid newb needs help with Hello world.

Did you try ("pause") ? If so that is incorrect. The correct usage is :

system( "pause" );

Also, you could use getch( ); for the last line in your code. I think you need to include conio.h for that.

just use cin.get();

put that like this

Code:

#include <iostream.h>

int main()
{
    cout << "Hello World, press enter to exit";

    cin.get();
    return 0;
}

yup its the same (almost) as getch(); but its in iostream.h so no extra headers

WHY THE HELL DO YOU GUYS USE THESE KIND OF SUBJECT.. I AM A NEWBE ETC ETC.. IT IS SO SICK

1. Self-pity
2. Self-flagellation
3. Trying to produce tears on someone that could potentially reply and actually stop and take a second look and after a nice, relieaving sigh (the likes of "thank god I don't live on that part of the world") produce the reply that was so sought after by the initial poster?

Nah!...

That subject line is a product of... fear.
Since they don't bother to read the FAQ or use the search engine, they think a display of weakness (like a wolf showing his belly to the other wolf attacking him) can help them getting their answer without the flame that usually follows when people don't understand what it means to have a question being asked 1000th times...

Off course, since people keep replying to that question, they are right.

Originally posted by Vicious
yup its the same (almost) as getch(); but its in iostream.h so no extra headers

Actually, it's not the same.

cin.get();

¤ Echoes to the screen
¤ Allows the user to input a string
¤ Allows manipulation of the inputted string (backspace, delete)
¤ Returns only when ENTER has been pressed

getch();

¤ Does NOT echo to the screen
¤ Only allows the user to input one single character
¤ Returns after any character has been pressed

If you want to do a "Press any key to continue", cin.get(); would be very impractical. plus, it allows the user to "print garbage" on the screen even if that wasn't the intention. To a newb-program, this might not affect things too much, but in more "serious" programs it will...
The only problem with getch() is that it's not ANSI C...

sigh... sorry... i didnt mean EXACTLY THE SAME! To us n00bs there is not that much of a difference. In our tiny little program they both are used to do the same thing... just to get the flippin program to stay there so we can see it..