I have the Bloodshed Dev -C++ compiler. I put in the code for "hello world" and it compiles , but then when the dos screen comes up to show the program it stays for a second then is gone. Why is it doing this? Shouldn't it stay up. I dont even have time to read the "hello world"?
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Woop?
thank you 1
You can also use a getch(); command at the end of your program which waits for the user to hit any key on the keyboard. This stops your program from running and disappearing before you can see it. It is included in the <conio.h> library.
you can also use the command
system("pause");
this will freeze the program and start a new line that says something like, "press any key to continue..." and will wait for a keypress.
Ah nothing better than a non-standard method and a not very smart method.
Woop?
I have the same compioler as you, and here is how to solve the problem.
just before you type
return 0;
on the line above type either of these:
cin.get();
or if that doesnt work this one will:
system("pause");
the system pause is a dos command and freezes the console window untill you hit retrurn....
i hope this helps you peter
yes! it helped. Thanks
