Thread: program won't multiply right

hey everybody i'm Really new at C++ programming and as sort of a little test for myself i've decided to make a short little program which takes two numbers the user enters and multiplies them and it works with no problems, except that when i put in 2 * 2 it gives me 146 as an answer? i looked at it and i see nothing wrong with it so i was hoping maybe someone here can find whats wrong with it. my code is

Code:

#include <iostream>

using namespace std;

int main()
{
 int x;
 int y;

 cout<<"enter 2 numbers to be multiplied ";
 cin>> x,y;
 cin.ignore();
 cout<<"the answer is "<< x * y;
 system (" pause");

}

if anyone can help me with this problem i would appreciate it greatlym thanks

Code:

#include <iostream>
#include <windows.h> //NEEDS THIS FOR SYSTEM() CALLS

using namespace std;

int main()
{
 int x;
 int y;
 int Ans;


 cout<<"enter 2 numbers to be multiplied ";
 cin>> x,y;
 cin.ignore();
 Ans=x*y;
 cout<<"the answer is "<< Ans;
 Sleep(20000);

}

That should work (The sleep is just something I perfer.)

no, that does not work, i'm still getting 146 when i just enter 2 times 2, i'm confused as to how this happens?

Try changing x to unsigned int or LONG

No, the comma operator doesn't work how you want it to there.

Code:

#include <iostream>

using namespace std;

int main()
{
 int x;
 int y;

 cout<<"enter 2 numbers to be multiplied ";
 cin>> x >> y;
 cin.ignore();
 cout<<"the answer is "<< x * y;

}

^^ thanks alot now it's working fine