Thread: Why does it return to the operating system after program is completed??

Place a request for input just before the return statement in your program. The program will wait for input and will not close:

Code:

#include <iostream>

int main()
{
  std::cout<<"Hello, World!\n";
  std::cin.get();
  return 0;
}

-Prelude

ur u could use gletch instead of cin.get i think

>ur u could use gletch instead of cin.get i think
getch is non-standard, the OP may not have it.

-Prelude

Originally posted by Jeter
If the OS is Windows, the console window may be set to close automatically when the program finishes... If this is the case, I do not know the current method to change it. In windows 3.1x you could edit the pif for the program. The checkbox was called close on exit. MS has hidden this deeply now, I think.

Under Win98 "Close on exit" still exists. Just go Properties->Program->Close on exit.

Alternatively, just open a console window and navigate your way to the desired directory manually, and run your program from there. That way, when your prog finishes, you'll be back at the prompt again. On my setup, I have a hotkey in my IDE to get me a command console prompt, starting in the same directory as the file I'm editing (Ultra Edit, but others will do this too).

If anyone's interested in this method, here's the details I used to setup the shortcut :>
Command: C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND.COM /k doskey
Working Dir: %p <--- or whatever your IDE says is the current directory variable.

This is a Win98 example. Under NT and up (I believe), you'd need to run CMD.EXE instead.