how do i get it to stay on screen

albear · #1 Aug 5, 2007, 01:35 PM

ok, ive writen this programme and ive compiled it but when i run it i enter some numbers and words then i have to press enter to get there but as soon as it displays it it closes how can i make it so it doesnt do that

albear · Aug 5, 2007, 03:37 PM

hello

albear · Aug 6, 2007, 08:09 AM

anybody there

asterisk_man · Aug 6, 2007, 09:47 AM

at the end of your code output something like "press enter to quit" and then read in one more character. this way you'll wait for the user to do something before the program terminates.

albear · Aug 6, 2007, 03:58 PM

ive tried that but it still closes after i put my information in then press enter to continue but it just goes dtraight to the end of the programme then closes in an instant

asterisk_man · Aug 6, 2007, 05:55 PM

no, put the "press enter to continue" as the very last thing in main()

albear · Aug 7, 2007, 03:37 PM

i put a code in which i was told coded for that just before the Return 0, could you give me an example of the code you mean

albear · Aug 8, 2007, 02:32 PM

this is the bit i put it

cout << "Press Enter to exit";
cin.ignore(std::cin.rdbuf()->in_avail() + 1);

albear · Aug 10, 2007, 07:00 AM

any advice would be great

asterisk_man · Aug 10, 2007, 05:45 PM

i'm not sure what it is you're trying to do with the second line you listed. i've not used iostream in a while but i think something like this will work:

Code:

char junk;
cout << "Press Enter to exit" << endl;
cin >> junk;



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