Pressing A Button on Dos..

Ok im still a newbie so i make just simple lil progs. Now when i compile and then run it (For Example) It will ask me my age. then i enter 100 then press ENTER. The Dos Closes. i tried the cin.get(); but didnt work also. I have XP and using the newbie compiler the Dev-C++. So please somoene help i would really appreciate it :)

I'm going to guess that the cin.get() is eating the newline left over from the read of the number. Lookup cin.ignore(), and use that as a method of clearing the input buffer after you've entered your number.

:( it just closes man.. i dont know why i put the age i put 100 and then press enter and then it just closes..

anyone be kind to help me alittle bit more pls

just use another variable

cout << age << endl;

cin >> junkvariable;

return 0;

I get that too using Dev C (ver 4.??), but it does have system("pause") that you can use provided that you include stdlib.h

#include <conio.h>

getch(); //user hits enter to close
return 0;

or

#include <windows.h>

sleep(5000); //waits 5 seconds, then closes
return0;

>>sleep(5000); //waits 5 seconds, then closes
With windows.h it's Sleep, not sleep. :-)

>>So please somoene help i would really appreciate it
Sometimes there's more than just one character left in the stream, the easiest way to fix that is using

Code:

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system("PAUSE");

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It's not the best way since it's not portable and really slow compared to everything else. Or you could do something like this and sidestep the problem

Code:

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#include <iostream>

using namespace std;

istream& discard(istream& in)
{
  char ch;

  while (in.get(ch) && ch != '\n')
  {}

  return in;
}

int main()
{
  char pause;

  // Do lots of stuff

  cin>> discard >> pause;
}

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Try this one

#include <conio.h>
#include <iostream.h>

int age;

void main()
{
cout << "Age:";
cin >> age;
cout << "You are" << age << "old";
getch(); //wait until you press a button
}

or try this one

#include <dos.h>
#include <iostream.h>

int age;

void main()
{
cout << "Age:";
cin >> age;
cout << "You are" << age << "old";
sleep(1); //wait one secound until the window close
}

Why don't you first open a DOS command promt, and run your application from it, instead of letting your app open it's own DOS window?

You could that simply avoid this mess :)

Just keep things simple!

If you really want an elegant solution, prepare a loop, and check for e.g. Esc key:

Code:

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void main()
{
cout << "Age:";
cin >> age;
cout << "You are" << age << "old\n\n";

cout << "Press Esc to exit..."; // let the poor user know what's happenning, or else he'll press Ctrl-Alt-Del ;)

bool do_loop = true;
int ch;
while (do_loop)
{
ch = getch();  // read keys
if (!ch)
  ch = getch(); // for extended keys!
if(ch == 27) do_loop = false;
}

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