Wrong order when executing?

[R@m0n]

When I make a code like this:

cout<<"hello world";
clrscr();

It dóés do the clrscr() command, but before the cout! So it first cleans the screen, and thán cout the text! I have the same problem with printing something to the screen and then use getch to continue. In that case it doesn't display the text 'press a key to continue' but it first waits for input and thén puts out the text I use VC++6, do you know how I can make sure the order is correct?

[Shiro]

Strange. So you have a program like

int main (void)
{
    cout << "hello world";
    clrscr ();
    return 0;
}

and it executes clrscr() before cout? What happens on your system when executing something like this:

int main (void)
{
    cout << "Before clearscreen" << endl;
    clrscr ();
    cout << "After clearscreen" << endl;
    return 0;
}

[R@m0n]

Hmm... don't know which header file I included last time I tried clrscr(), not conio.h, that one doesn't work. But yes, really strange hey! I'll look up a better example...

[golfinguy4]

Maybe the compiler is changing the code on you because it thinks that you are messing up. Now that I say this, it sounds pretty dumb but oh well.

[tim545666]

This is an easy one. It prints out what you want it to print out, and before you see what it says, the screen is cleared. Try this:

#include<iostream.h>
#include<conio.h> //change to conio.c if you're using Dev

int main (void)
{
    cout << "hello world";
    getch();  //pauses until you press somthing
    clrscr ();
    return 0;
}

[Salem]

cout<<"hello world";
clrscr();

You're using two different output mechanisms, which are NOT synchronised with each other - cout in particular buffers things until it runs out of buffer space, sees an endl, or is told to flush the buffer.

So,
cout<<"hello world" << endl;
clrscr();

Or perhaps,
cout<<"hello world";
cout.flush();
clrscr();

[R@m0n]

No no no!!! It's not that the screen is cleared so I can't see the text! The problem is that it first clears the screen and thán displays the text, which should be reversed. I'll try Salem's tip..

[edit]He thanx, Salem! Adding endl to the end solved the problem [/edit]