Run from command line

Hello, my John Strobel. I started teaching myself C++ with books and tutorials earlier this week. I had written a sample code from a book and ran it, it takes the imput but never produces output after i hit enter. I apologize for such a trivial question, but how do I run the program from a command line prompt, or window? Instead of compile and run.

Thank you for any help, I may be a bit short sighted with something so simple

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;


int n, remainder;

//Get a number from the keyboard

cout << "Enter a number and press ENTER: ";
cin >> n;

//Get remainder after dividing by 2

remainder = n % 2;

//If remainder is 0 then number imput is 7

if (remainder == 0)
cout <<"the number is even. ";

else
cout << "The number is odd. ";

return 0;

You type the name of the program in the command prompt and press "enter". You will probably have to navigate to the directory where you put the executable file first.

Well you could read this
http://cboard.cprogramming.com/showthread.php?t=13473

And include all the braces in your code, so that it actually makes sense.

Simply deleting all the braces, so you can post the code, whilst a novel approach, doesn't actually do anything for us.

Thank you, I apologize about the braces. Im eager to learn and got a bit anxious to post. its only been a few days and im enjoying it.

JOHN

Does the window close after you enter your input? This is very likely since it will flow immediately to the return. You can slow it down by putting a getchar() before return which will wait for you to press a button. That way you don't have to worry about navigating the command prompt.

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Originally Posted by Drac

Does the window close after you enter your input? This is very likely since it will flow immediately to the return. You can slow it down by putting a getchar() before return which will wait for you to press a button. That way you don't have to worry about navigating the command prompt.

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or include <cstdlib> and at the end or you codes , before "return 0;" write system("pause");
this should do it . no need to test your code out put using a cmd!

Code:

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#include <cstdlib>

int main ()
{
~
~
~
system("pause");
return 0;
}

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Is it my morning eyes, or is his code missing main() o.O?