can't run program

[arbiter009]

Hey this is my first post here so high everybody! OK, now that greetings are out of the way I can tell you guys (or gals) my problem. So, I've compiled everything without error and i can't run my program until I type something and press enter. There is more to the progrm than just typing one thing and I even put 'cin.ignore()' at the end. I'm not sure what to do. (Oh and by the way my program is a text-based game).
-Arby
p.s. Here's my code

#include <iostream.h>

using namespace std;

int main()
{
    int b;
    char string[3];
    //going to make a text game called "Mrs. Jones Pro Student";
    
    
    cout<<"Please enter your initials \n";
    cin.getline ( string, 3, '\n' );
    cout<<"Welcome "<< string<<"!  You are about to begin the exciting adventure of MRS. JONES PRO STUDENT!!!\n"
    "Mrs. Jones is an evil religion teacher at St.Catharine's elementary school.\n"
    "She is obbsesed with making sure that her students keep their shirts tuck in!\n"
    "Are you ready to begin?\n";
    cin>> b;
    if ( b == 1 )
      {cout<<"Than let us begin.\n";}
    else if ( b == 0 )
      {cout<<"THE END\n";}
    else
      {cout<<"I don't understand, please use 1 for yes and 0 for no\n";}
cin.ignore();
}

I know it's a stupid idea me and my friend were high (am I allowed to say that?) when we thought of it but I was bored and decided to do it.

[mrafcho001]

maybe posting the code would help

and try puting

system("PAUSE");

at the end

EDIT:

try

#include <iostream>    // no one uses iostream.h anymore:)
using namespace std;

[arbiter009]

thank you so much it worked

[hk_mp5kpdw]

can't run program

So, I've compiled everything without error and i can run my program until I type something and press enter

Can you or can't you?

And then...? What happens? What is supposed to happen? Are you doing something like mixing getline with cin?

[arbiter009]

whoops! sorry typo. ?

[arbiter009]

It still won't run properly, you can see what's supposed to happen by looking at the source code. With the

system("PAUSE");

at the end all it does is put everything on screen and skips the cin part.

[mrafcho001]

#include <iostream>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string>
using namespace std;

int main()
{
    int b = -1;
    string string2;
    //going to make a text game called "Mrs. Jones Pro Student";
    
    
    cout<<"Please enter your initials \n";
    getline ( cin, string2 );
    cout << "Welcome "<< string2<<"!  You are about to begin the exciting adventure of MRS. JONES PRO STUDENT!!!\n";
	cout << "Mrs. Jones is an evil religion teacher at St.Catharine's elementary school.\n";
    cout << "She is obbsesed with making sure that her students keep their shirts tuck in!\n";
    cout << "Are you ready to begin?\n";
    
	cin>> b ;

    if ( b == 1 )
      {cout<<"Than let us begin.\n";}
    else if ( b == 0 )
      {cout<<"THE END\n";}
    else
      {cout<<"I don't understand, please use 1 for yes and 0 for no\n";}
	system("PAUSE");
}

use string so no matter how much the user types it is all stored

[arbiter009]

thank you. that was very helpful.
*SIDENOTE* do you guys think that this is a stupid idea?
EDIT: why does b equal -1?

[mrafcho001]

thank you. that was very helpful.
*SIDENOTE* do you guys think that this is a stupid idea?
EDIT: why does b equal -1?

ops sorry about that... i was just messing around i had an unusual bug.

not a good idea.

well it really doesn't matter.. it will get overwriten, so..

[arbiter009]

yeah i know it's not a good idea but my friend told that he would pay me to do it and we were high so whatever.