C++ quickness, please help :)

Hi, i'm Hussain Hani from Kuwait i'm 15 years old learning C++ from the book :
Beginning C++ game programming. And i'm having a problem that once i run the program it closes in second although i wrote the code that stops that. This is my full code :

Code:

//Working with variables 

#include <iostream>

using namespace std;

int main()
{
    int score = 7;
    cout << "Score: " << score << endl;
    score++;
    cout << "Score: " << score << endl;
    ++score;
    cout << "Score: " << score << endl;
    
    cout << "Press enter to exit this program." << endl;
    cin.ignore(cin.rdbuf()->in_avail()+1);
    
    return 0;
}

I'm waiting

Huh ? Replace your line with this:

Code:

cin.ignore();
cin.get();

Simple as that.

I'm surprised that your code doesn't work, though, before endl is supposed to flush the buffer =/

still does not work ;(

Code:

//Working with constants 

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

int main ()
{
    const int alien_points = 150;
    int aliensKilled = 10;
    int score = aliensKilled * alien_points;
    cout << "Score: " << score << endl;
    
    enum difficulty {novice, easy, normal, hard, unbeatable};
    difficulty myDifficulty = easy;
    
    enum ship {fighter=25, bomber, cruiser=50, destroyer=100};
    ship myShip = bomber;
    cout << "\nTo upgrade my ship to cruise will cost " << (cruiser-myShip) << "resource points.\n";
    
    cin.ignore();
    cin.get();
    
    return 0;
}

What doesn't work? Is it closing too quickly?

First of all make sure you are running your code in debug mode. It may exit because of an exception.

[edit]
Look at the program exit code, to see if it is 0 or not.

Originally Posted by Daved

What doesn't work? Is it closing too quickly?

yep, by the way i use DEV-C++

Please send the real code you've written.

I actually thought that was his code.

Are you sure you are actually executing the program. Since there is no input, that should show the output and then wait for you to hit enter twice before closing the console window.

Try opening a command prompt and navigating to the directory that has your executable and running it from there.

I'm new to this Dave, please can you tell me how ". I really know that I'm causing inconvenience

With Dev-C++ I'm assuming you're using Windows. You should know where your executable is because it is where you created your project. First, go to the windows explorer and navigate to the directory where your project is, and look for an exe file. If you don't see it, look in the Debug directory. When you find it, double-click on it. This should show your output and wait for you to hit enter twice before closing. If you cannot find it, look harder, or check Dev-C++ to see if there were any compile errors.

Usually something like this:

- Click on start, then "run" and type "cmd"
- From there, type "cd c:\program files\documents and settings\hussain hani\my documents\my c++ game\" (I just invented that one, just replace it with the actual path of your project)
- Type "dir" to make sure that you are in the correct directory
- If you see "your_project_name.exe" then just type it.

include this line at the top of the program:

Code:

#include <conio.h>

and this line at the end of main, before return 0; :

Code:

getch();

If the posted code didn't stay open, that shouldn't work either. The problem is somewhere else.

Originally Posted by limitedmage

include this line at the top of the program:

Code:

#include <conio.h>

and this line at the end of main, before return 0; :

Code:

getch();

that works


thaaaaaaaanks