Thread: Pausing The Screen

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    Pausing The Screen

    How do I pauses the screen after my program is done?
    I think it's called " system("PAUSE") " it makes a line in the screen that says " press any key to continue".

    Thanx


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    Here it is:

    Code:
    #include <cstdlib>
    
    using namespace std;
    
    int main()
    {
        system("pause"); // Also works with 'PAUSE'.
        return 0;
    }
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    a better way to do it (system calls are slow and unoptomised)

    is include conio.h

    and use

    cout<<"press any key to proceed";
    int wait = getch(); //pauses until keypress
    //rest of your code
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