Keep Consule Apps from closing after the code is executed.

Curtis0112358 · May 23rd, 2013, 05:19 PM

I read Alex's problem, and I had this same problem as well.

I have found a that you can write getchar(); right before the return 0; command and it will stall the code until you push a button.

for example with Ex1_2 you can write:

Code:

// Ex1_02.cpp A simple console program
#include <iostream>                    // Basic input and output library
        
int main()
{
  std::cout << "This is a simple program that outputs some text." << std::endl;
  std::cout << "You can output more lines of text" << std::endl;
  std::cout << "just by repeating the output statement like this." << std::endl;
  getchar();                          // asks for a char, and then 
  return 0;                            // Return to the operating system
}

I am not certain that this is the best approach, but it has worked well for me; you can read more about the getchar() function at http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/libr...v=vs.110).aspx

I hope this was helpful!

Also, if you refer Figure 1-9 on pg.16 you see that "Press any key to continue..." if you know how to make the console do this, please let me know

Curtis0112358 · May 25th, 2013, 10:41 PM

After working with Visual Studios 2012, a little while I realize that there is a better way to keep console apps from exiting the console as soon as the code is executed. If you go to the menu Debug --> Start Without Debugging or equivalently Ctrl + F5, then the console will prompt you to press enter before is close the console.

Vinhkan · June 18th, 2013, 10:18 AM

I use this: system("PAUSE");
Haven't had a problem with this so far.
Or you can use this line twice:
cin.ignore();
cin.ignore();
the first one flushes the last character from the buffer, the next one waits for a key to be pushed.