Subj : Newb App issue...
To   : borland.public.cpp.borlandcpp
From : abhillz@mail.com (Adam BH)
Date : Fri Aug 08 2003 04:19 pm

Summary: I understand code but something beyond me is causing my apps
to close on finish and upon a cin line/enter.  No compile
warning/errors I know the apps are closing cuz they finish but I don't
want them to, code at bottom.

General info: OS WinXP, Compiler: bcc32.exe (same problem with
dev-c++), and I'm fairly newb (day 4 of c++ in 21 days) and have a
good basic grasp on most topics (I also read the online Who's Afraid
of C++ and alot of other tuts).  I have Accelerated C++ being
delivered right now and am serious about learning, so don't tell me to
buy a book I already have.  I'm 17 and start programming college the
25th and am trying to get a head start so I can be designing (simple)
games b4 I finish college.  But I'm straight up stuck with this cin
problem.  I'll try to articulate the problem better than I did in the
topic and in my comment.

With out a cin.get "press enter to continue" at the end of the
exercise applications in c++ in 21 days they all open and close
immediately because the app finishes.  So I got to the input
applications on day 2 and ran into an odd problem.  With or without my
cin.get Enter trick before the end of the source whenever I hit enter
to input information (in the example 2 numbers, but it does it for
every cin example!) the app closes.  The moderated c++ board thought
this was off topic for some reason screw them though =p heh jk I don't
know them or care; I just want a real answer.  Do I have to add a
string to make the dos window sit open until I close it or is this a
deeper routed problem?

Example:
#include <iostream.h>
int Add (int x, int y)
{

   cout << "In Add(), received " << x <<
" and " << y << "\n";
   return (x+y);
}

int main()
{
      cout << "I'm in main()!\n";
      int a, b, c;
      cout << "Enter two numbers: ";
      cin >> a;
      cin >> b;
      cout << "\nCalling Add()\n";
      c=Add(a,b);
      cout << "\nBack in main().\n";
      cout << "c was set to " << c;
      cout << "\nExiting...\n\n";
      /*cout << "Press ENTER to continue..." <<
endl;
      cin.get();   I had to add this to my previous non-cin projects
to prevent them from closing right away - but this one closes after I
enter my numbers with or without it...I'm basicly big time newb*/
      return 0;
}

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