Two virtually useless replies it seems. Dancing around the problem isn't very helpful. Let's cover the first reply:

>system("PAUSE"); // in <cstlib> i believe.
Bad suggestion. I've explained why before.

>getchar(); // in <cstdio>
And this is different from cin.get()...how? The only difference is that now you don't attempt to handle extraneous characters in the stream.

Next reply:

>You should try my compiler.... I use microsoft
Allow me to translate: "Your compiler has a trivial issue with a trivial fix, but switch compilers anyway because I like the one I'm using better than the one you're using." Do us all a favor and don't post again unless you have something of value to add.

nico: Post the code that exhibits the problem. We work much better with compilable examples than with descriptions of a problem. But before you do, does this not work?

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#include <ios>      // For streamsize
#include <iostream>
#include <limits>   // For numeric_limits
 
using namespace std;
 
int main()
{
  // Put garbage on the stream
  cout<<"Enter several characters: ";
  cout<< cin.get() <<endl;
 
  // Fix the problem
  cin.ignore(numeric_limits<streamsize>::max(), '\n');
  cout<<"Press [Enter] to continue"<<flush;
  cin.get();
}

#include <ios> // For streamsize #include <iostream> #include <limits> // For numeric_limits using namespace std; int main() { // Put garbage on the stream cout<<"Enter several characters: "; cout<< cin.get() <<endl; // Fix the problem cin.ignore(numeric_limits<streamsize>::max(), '\n'); cout<<"Press [Enter] to continue"<<flush; cin.get(); }