Really weird int problem

Okay, I have this program that im making that's a login program. It uses classes, functions and everything, but what's giving me problems right now is a simple integer in the int main() section.

Basically, I declare an int (doesnt matter if i declare it as an int or const int...same thing happens) and set it to a value. A few lines later I tell it to cout that value...and it outputs a different value than it should.

declaration:

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int pass = 01103657;//'secret' password

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cout:

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cout << pass;

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Here's the troublesome section of code:

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//Main Function
int main()
{
        //Variable declaration
        int choice, count = 0, i;       
        int idnum, pwd;
        int pass = 01103657;//'secret' password
        //pass=01103657;
        char firstname[26];
        char lastname[26];
       
        //Pointer to new data structure in class
        Students *stdnt = new Students[100];//Students not logged in
        //Students *stdnt2 = new Students[100];//Student logged in

        do//Infinite(for now) Menu Loop
        {
                //Main Menu
                system("cls");//Clear screen
                cout << "**** MCC COMPUTER LAB LOGON ****\n";
                cout << "      !!!PLEASE LOGIN!!!      \n\n";
                cout << "Please choose:\n";
                cout << "1. Login\n";
                cout << "2. Logout\n";
                cout << "3. New Student\n";
                cout << "Pleas note that you are a New Student if\n"
                        << "this is your first time here this semester!!\n\n";

                cout << pass;
               
                cin >> choice;//Enters menu choice

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When I run the program, the cout gives me '296879' instead of '01103657'.

I can post the whole program if need be.

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#include <iostream>

int main() {
        if (010 == 8) {
                std::cout << "8 in decimal is 010 in octal\n"
                          << "01103657 in octal is 296879 in decimal\n";
        }
}

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If you delete all the irrelevant lines, your program distills to this:

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int pass = 01103657;//'secret' password
       
cout<<pass<<endl; //296879

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If you eliminate the leading 0, it displays the correct value. In C++, when you write integers with a leading 0, the compiler interprets that as an octal(base 8) representation of the integer value.

You can use a C++ string type for the password instead:

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#include<string>
....
string password = "01103657";

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Thanks for the replys. Shortly after I posted the question, i realized the answer, lol.

Now im getting a new error with a different part of the program *sigh*

Post the whole code if you want to.