Thread: Press any key to continue? C++

OK so, I'm currently making a text based RPG game using C++ in a Microsoft visual c++ IDE. What I'm having trouble doing is finding a way to do a simple "Press any key to continue" to move onto the next cout message. I've ive been doin it in a very annoying way and I know there are much better ways of doing this.

Code:

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;


int main()
int x;

cout << "Random message\n";
cin >> x;     /* Ive been using cin to move onto the next cout by typing in a random
                       number/character then hitting enter, which then of course allows for the next 
                       cout message to be displayed to the screen */


cout << "another random message\n";

Code:

#include <cstdlib>
...
system("pause");