Thread: newbie question ...

Sorry to detract your time away from real programming problems but I'm just starting out in C++, have a ver of Dev C, am working through the tutorials, and am finding that none of my compiled .exe files will run. Before I go any farther, I need to get to the bottom of that, because it's apparantly not my simplistic code at fault.

Last sample was :

Code:

#include<iostream>
using namespace std;
int main()
{
    int thenumber;
    cout<<"Please enter a number.";
    cin>> thenumber;
    cin.ignore();
    cout<<"You entered: "<< thenumber <<"\n";
    cin.get();
}

and the make looks like :

Code:

Compiler: Default compiler
Building Makefile: "C:\Dev-Cpp\Makefile.win"
Executing  make clean
rm -f Projects/Openers3.o  Openers3.exe

g++.exe -c Projects/Openers3.cpp -o Projects/Openers3.o -

I"C:/Dev-Cpp/lib/gcc/mingw32/3.4.2/include"  -I"C:/Dev-Cpp/include/c++/3.4.2/backward"  -I"C:/Dev-

Cpp/include/c++/3.4.2/mingw32"  -I"C:/Dev-Cpp/include/c++/3.4.2"  -I"C:/Dev-Cpp/include"
   

g++.exe Projects/Openers3.o  -o "Openers3.exe" -L"C:/Dev-Cpp/lib" -mwindows  

Execution terminated
Compilation successful

After this, nothing loads at all from the .exe. It's one project, started as an .exe, and the single code file. Any suggestions?
Should I try re-installing Dev, or am I overlooking something in my configuration of it, etc?

Perhaps try flushing the output buffer.
cout.flush( ) or cout << endl (that's an L not a 1) will do it for ya. It works in gcc 3.3 (and Dev-C++ uses gcc as the compiler).

am working through the tutorials, and am finding that none of my compiled .exe files will run. Before I go any farther, I need to get to the bottom of that

Ahh! I wouldn't worry about it. You've come this far, why turn back now?