here we go again

[lil_plukyduck]

#include <iostream.h>
int main () {
int thisisanumber;
cout <<"please enter a number";
cin >> thisisanumber;
cout <<"you entered: " <<thisisanumber;
return 0;
}

the file does not want to run

[Munkey01]

First of all use code tags when posting code. Second of all use this:

#include <iostream>
using namespace std; //remove the std:: infront of the cout's and the cin and remove the next line if using this
using std::cout;  //only does cout, remove the above line and std:: ONLY that are infront of cout's if using this

int main()
{
    int thisisanumber;
    std::cout << "Enter a number: ";
    std::cin >> thisisanumber;
    std::cout << "\nYou typed " << thisisanumber;
    return 0;
}

[skipper]

Actually, it does run. Depends on your compiler, though. MSVC++ automatically stops at the end of the execution.

Borland, and others, need to be "forced" to stop with a "pause" statement of some nature. If you're getting a "quickie" screen and, then back to your code, you need to pause the display. (Leaving that up to you to discover. )

Munkey01 is right. Better to lose the non-standard code and "upgrade" to the standard.

As an addendum, if you use 'using namespace std;', then write your code as you would with the deprecated language.

If you utilize 'using std::cout', for example, you can write the code as you normally would for 'cout' within main(). However, you'll find yourself writing a lot of 'using std::whatever' statements prior to main() because you'll have to include 'using...' statements for all of the standard language keywords.

Munkey01 illustrates, within main(), how to write out the standard code without doing 'using namespace std;', or without including a lot of 'using std::*' statements.

Kind of a personal preference. If you like to type, use std::*keyword* within main().

Lots of arguments, pro and con, which I don't intend to get into. (It's been done. )

-Skipper

[lil_plukyduck]

i changed from doing a windows apllication to doing a consult app
now it seems to work i still have to figure out how to get the display to stop closing so quickly.

[RoD]

<stdlib.h>


at end of program before return:

system("pause");