Can't remeber...

[metroid078]

Hi
I am probaly a newbie compared to all you first class C++ programmers so I'm asking you the question.
I remeber reading in a book somewhere a line of code you put right at the end of your file (.cpp or .h etc) that stop your program from closing until you press enter or a key like that, I can't remeber whether it was both or just enter.
So does anyone out there know that code and would be willing to share it with me?
Thankyou

[sicarie]

Hi
I am probaly a newbie compared to all you first class C++ programmers so I'm asking you the question.
I remeber reading in a book somewhere a line of code you put right at the end of your file (.cpp or .h etc) that stop your program from closing until you press enter or a key like that, I can't remeber whether it was both or just enter.
So does anyone out there know that code and would be willing to share it with me?
Thankyou

char a;
cin >> a;

There is another tool that can be used, but many consider it depricated and horribly unweildly.

[RedSon]

isn't there like a getch(); method or something?

[sicarie]

isn't there like a getch(); method or something?

@#$%^&*(*^%$#@$%^&*!

Sorry. I hate 'getch()'. conio.h is not considered standard, and will not work on all systems. I hate getch().

That I know of there is 'system(pause)' (that's the approximate command), but that is considered unweildly and bad practice because it will perform the same function as cin in this case, but does so by making a system call to the kernel.

http://www.gidnetwork.com/b-61.html

[RedSon]

Ahhh oops! Maybe I should moderate myself!

[sicarie]

Ahhh oops! Maybe I should moderate myself!

Sorry, I feel rather strongly about it. There is definitely a lot of it coming into this forum (so much that I have given up trying to get people to move away from it), and I have seen it several other places as well, but I can't run or compile it.

It's a legitimate method... as long as everyone the executable goes to has the proper conio.h.

[Ganon11]

I use the

system("PAUSE");

approach, but I'm pretty sure it's platform-dependent. Any of these methods will work, it just depends on which one you pick.