Command Line Disappears (Win 2000 NT)

[poolshark1691]

Just joined and am learning c++, i have got a compiler, i run the
executable, i get the DOS command prompt showing me my program but once
it gets to the "return 0;" part of the code, basically the end, the
prompt disappears, and i miss out on half of my program. A while back
someone told me of a line of code to put in that fixes this problem,
but i forgot it! Could someone tell me?

thank you!

[Robbie Hatley]

"poolshark1691" wrote:

Just joined and am learning c++, i have got a compiler, i run the
executable, i get the DOS command prompt showing me my program but once
it gets to the "return 0;" part of the code, basically the end, the
prompt disappears, and i miss out on half of my program. A while back
someone told me of a line of code to put in that fixes this problem,
but i forgot it! Could someone tell me?

I had that problem the first time I started programming on a Windows
computer, back in 1996. There's 3 easy ways around it, though:

1. (The best by far): lauch a command-prompt window BEFORE you run
your program, and run the program from within that window, by
typing its name.
2. (For people hoplessly addicted to icons): Right-click the icon
that launches your program, select "Properties", go to the
"Program" tab, and UN-check the little box that says "close on
exit".
3. (The really stupid way:) put this line of code at the bottom of
main(), just above "return 0;":
system("pause");

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[Howard]

"Robbie Hatley" <bo***********@no.spamwrote in message
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"poolshark1691" wrote:

>Just joined and am learning c++, i have got a compiler, i run the
executable, i get the DOS command prompt showing me my program but once
it gets to the "return 0;" part of the code, basically the end, the
prompt disappears, and i miss out on half of my program. A while back
someone told me of a line of code to put in that fixes this problem,
but i forgot it! Could someone tell me?

I had that problem the first time I started programming on a Windows
computer, back in 1996. There's 3 easy ways around it, though:

1. (The best by far): lauch a command-prompt window BEFORE you run
your program, and run the program from within that window, by
typing its name.
2. (For people hoplessly addicted to icons): Right-click the icon
that launches your program, select "Properties", go to the
"Program" tab, and UN-check the little box that says "close on
exit".
3. (The really stupid way:) put this line of code at the bottom of
main(), just above "return 0;":
system("pause");

I think #1 and #2 won't help if you're running from an IDE. And #3 depends
on the OS, right? To do this in my console apps, I use cin to a string. It
requires me to type at least one character and then hit Enter, but it works.

-Howard

[Jim Langston]

"poolshark1691" <po***********@gmail.comwrote in message
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Just joined and am learning c++, i have got a compiler, i run the
executable, i get the DOS command prompt showing me my program but once
it gets to the "return 0;" part of the code, basically the end, the
prompt disappears, and i miss out on half of my program. A while back
someone told me of a line of code to put in that fixes this problem,
but i forgot it! Could someone tell me?

thank you!

Instead of running the program with F5 use Ctrl-F5 and the output will stay
until you press a key.

Method 1 (OS specific):
system("pause");

Method 2 (works on any system):
#include <string>
#include <iostream>
std::string wait;
std::cin >wait;

[Marcus Kwok]

Howard <al*****@hotmail.comwrote:

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"Robbie Hatley" <bo***********@no.spamwrote in message
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>"poolshark1691" wrote:

>>Just joined and am learning c++, i have got a compiler, i run the
executable, i get the DOS command prompt showing me my program but once
it gets to the "return 0;" part of the code, basically the end, the
prompt disappears, and i miss out on half of my program. A while back
someone told me of a line of code to put in that fixes this problem,
but i forgot it! Could someone tell me?

I had that problem the first time I started programming on a Windows
computer, back in 1996. There's 3 easy ways around it, though:

1. (The best by far): lauch a command-prompt window BEFORE you run
your program, and run the program from within that window, by
typing its name.
2. (For people hoplessly addicted to icons): Right-click the icon
that launches your program, select "Properties", go to the
"Program" tab, and UN-check the little box that says "close on
exit".
3. (The really stupid way:) put this line of code at the bottom of
main(), just above "return 0;":
system("pause");

I think #1 and #2 won't help if you're running from an IDE. And #3 depends
on the OS, right? To do this in my console apps, I use cin to a string. It
requires me to type at least one character and then hit Enter, but it works.

Instead of

std::string trash;
std::cin >trash;

I prefer

std::string trash;
std::getline(std::cin, trash);

so that I do not have to type an extra character.

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[Marcus Kwok]

Jim Langston <ta*******@rocketmail.comwrote:

Method 2 (works on any system):
#include <string>
#include <iostream>
std::string wait;
std::cin >wait;

As I replied to Howard, I prefer

std::getline(std::cin, wait);

so that I don't have to type an extra character.

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Marcus Kwok
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