Just getting started...Hello world???

[Jenn231]

OK......Well, I'm just trying to get on this C++ stuff. I bought a book and I'm trying to get the "hello world" program to work. I typed it in the new source code just like the book had, saved it as a .ccp, complied and ran it using Bloodshed.....but all that it does is flash a little black screen for like a half second on my screen. I had the idea that I was supposed to see the words "hello world" on my screen. Am I messing up the code or do I just not know what I'm looking for? Any replies would be appreciated!! Thanks!

[XSquared]

http://www.cprogramming.com/boardfaq.html#pause go with option 1, put it right before the return 0; line

[Traveller]

The prog is running, it just terminates really fast. To give you time to see include:

cin.get();

immediately prior to return 0 statement

[Driveway]

Once again, can we get a count how many times we've seen this here? Someone should sticky something on how to do this. No, you did nothing wrong, if you did something wrong you would probably get errors. The reason it flashes is because:
The program is over.

your program probably looks like this

#include <iostream.h>

int main()
{ 
    cout<<"Hello world";
    return 0;
}

try adding this:

cin.get();

before return 0; and after cout<<"Hello world";

[Driveway]

Originally posted by XSquared
http://www.cprogramming.com/boardfaq.html#pause go with option 1, put it right before the return 0; line

Option 3:

#include <iostream.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

int main()
{
   cout<<"Hello world"<<endl;
   system("PAUSE");
   return 0;
}

[Jenn231]

Thanks everyone. I've had this book since February and thought I was a failure because I couldn't get the first lesson to work. I'm glad I decided to dive back into it today. Thanks again!

[Unregistered]

HI!
You could also try using

getch();

It waits for the user to press a key before continuing forward. I use it all the time!

[Klinerr1]

wut header do gletch use?

jenn321 do you have aim, if so aim klinerr1 im always on

[XSquared]

getch() is in conio.h