Press a key to proceed>(noob question)

There's this problem I have when writing small 'dos applications'.
It may sound dumb, but I want to know the best way to let someone( using your program) enter a key to proceed.

Here's an example of a simple code I wrote..
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#include <iostream.h>

#include <string.h>

int main()
{
char name[50];

char confirm[1];

cout<<"Please enter your name: ";

cin.getline(name, 50, '\n');

strlwr(name);

cout<<"Hello "<<name<<" Do you wish to proceed? y/n?";

cin.getline(confirm, 1, '\n');

if(!strcmpi("n", confirm))

{

cout<<"Press Return to quit";

return 0;

}

else

{

cout<<"It works!!";

return 0;

}

}
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All works fine, untill I have to press enter to confirm my procedure. The dos screen just disappears becouse the code ends immediately. Why does it skip the cout function each time I run a dos application? (Yes I tried using cin.get(); but it doesn't work) Is there any other function but cin.get(); to let the user press a key to proceed? And when someone replies to this thread, is there any other way to write the same code?

Try looking in the FAQ.

Oh, thank you! I should have seen that myself. Didn't think about looking in the FAQ..

>char confirm[1];
This should be at least two char (leave room for string terminator):
char confirm[2];
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.
.
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>cin.getline(confirm, 1, '\n');
Then this becomes:
cin.getline(confirm, 2, '\n');

Now it works all fine, but is there any possability to retain capitol letters/characters?

strlwr(name);

Here you convert name to lowercase. If you wish to retain the original, then you need to make a copy.

Code:

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char name_lwr[50];

strcpy(name_lwr,name);
strlwr(name_lwr);

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