ok well i started out with making my own source code then compiling and running with Dev-C++ and when i run it, its working fine until the last line, here let me past my code
cout << "Thats cool, I used to be in " << mystr << "too.\n";
cout << "Well i'm going to go now, goodbye.";
return0;
}
i know its stupid, i just started and wanted to do something, but ok when i get to the part "what grade are you in << mystr << "? "; and when i enter my grade or w/e the box just closes, is there any way to fix this, would i have to put something like Press "q" to quit or something like that? Any help would be nice, thankyou
Last edited by The Leprechaun; Oct 19th, 2006 at 1:43 am.
run the in a command prompt then ull be able to see all the output before it quits. or try placing system("PAUSE") before the return statement, but i think thats bad practise to do that
run the in a command prompt then ull be able to see all the output before it quits. or try placing system("PAUSE") before the return statement, but i think thats bad practise to do that
Correct .
Its bad practice to use system calls to achieve such a trivial function.
Better use getchar() if using C and cin.get() when using C++.
Yes that and many other things to be considered like the kind of overhead introduced when you call system functions for trivial tasks.
A very good tutorial by my friend and forum member Mr. WaltP can be found here which introduces some of the things which should be avoided. http://www.gidnetwork.com/b-61.html
getline() throws away the \n null character at the end of a string and therefore makes a mess when trying to fluch the buffer. Using cin.get() makes everything much more comfortable
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