if your not newb you can help me

i a newb and i need some help that is confusing me. see this code?

#include <iostream.h>
int main()
{
int thisisanumber;
cout<<"Please enter a number:";
cin>>thisisanumber;
cout<<"You entered: "<<thisisanumber;
return 0;
}


thats from a tutorial from this site. once i eneter a number and press eneter to confirm the window closes. I bielive tha happens because of this line cin>>thisisanumber; what do I press to go to the line cout<<"You entered: "<<thisisanumber;

#include <iostream.h>
int main()
{
int thisisanumber;
cout<<"Please enter a number:";
cin>>thisisanumber;
cout<<"You entered: "<<thisisanumber;
cin>>thisisanumber;
return 0;
}

how was that helpful you just reposted the code i gave you!

Your code is fine. What is happening is your program is closing before you have time to see the results... Try putting

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getchar();

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just before return 0; and #include <stdio.h>, so your code would be:

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#include <iostream.h>
int main()
{
int thisisanumber;
cout<<"Please enter a number:";
cin>>thisisanumber;
cout<<"You entered: "<<thisisanumber;
getchar();
return 0;
}

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>>how was that helpful you just reposted the code i gave you!

I believe if you look you'll see an additional line in the code Denthor2000 gave back:

cin>>thisisanumber;

at the end before the return statement. This will cause your app to pause and wait for input before closing you window, thus giving you time to read. Its one af 100 ways of doing it, but probably the easiest in this situation as it doesnt require any additional headers.

Sorry, that would be:

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#include <stdio.h>      // I forgot to mention this, :D
#include <iostream.h>
int main()
{
int thisisanumber;
cout<<"Please enter a number:";
cin>>thisisanumber;
cout<<"You entered: "<<thisisanumber;
return 0;
}

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Originally posted by Klinerr1
how was that helpful you just reposted the code i gave you!

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actually, look again. try compiling it before you post. If you looked closely you would see the difference, look:

you posted:

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#include <iostream.h>
int main()
{
int thisisanumber;
cout<<"Please enter a number:";
cin>>thisisanumber;
cout<<"You entered: "<<thisisanumber;
return 0;
}

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i posted:

Code:

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#include <iostream.h>
int main()
{
int thisisanumber;
cout<<"Please enter a number:";
cin>>thisisanumber;
cout<<"You entered: "<<thisisanumber;
cin>>thisisanumber;
return 0;
}

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