Thread: beginers question about cin

Why doesn't this program prompt the user to enter a letter and display it?

Code:

#include <iostream>

using namespace std;

int main()
{
	char hold = 'J';
	cout << "enter character: ";
	cin >> hold;
	cout << "after cin" << endl;
	cout << hold << endl;
	cout << "end of program"<<endl;
	return 0;
}

I keep getting:
enter character: after cin
7
end of program