program ends in miliseconds?

i wroe the hello world program but after compiling it using bloodshed, i go to the directory where i saved it click on the file and a dos window comes up saying hello world for litrully miliseconds i had to keep clicking it to see that it said hello world why does it shut its self down straight away?

The window will automatically close when the code finishes running, you need to hold it in some way...

Place getchar(); at the end of your code, this will wait until you press the 'enter' key before continuing....

because the function is over. usually if you run it through debuggers you can have it do something like "press any key to continue" so you can actually see your output. but if you can't do that then just ask for an input from the user at the end of the program, that way it will pause and you can read it for as long as you want.

Place


at the end of your program.

Hope this helps,
Matthew

Run it from a command shell.

One person's "pause" is another person's "PAUSE." For a learning exercise such as yours, pick the solution from the above that works in your environment and suits your goal (least exasperation, easiest, quickest, most productive, whatever), bearing in mind that instant gratification may breed bad habits.

exactly

if you are in windows
go on Run Commands, type "cmd" + enter, it should prompt a console, then just go run your application, you will read it without problem !

i havent done this in a while, and i dont have a windows machine on which to test this, but i do believe that you can edit a .pif file to make the console window stay open after the program stops executing. of course this could all be a figment of my imagination.

Start by reading the FAQ, first post at the top of the forum. Follow the thread that relates to the console window slamming shut on you. There are numerous explanations, examples, and work-arounds. It's an uncommonly common question.

cin.get();
or system("PAUSE");
or getchar();
or (maybe I'm just guessing) getint();, getfloat();
and many others
C++ right?

He asked back in June, pmam. One would hope he's not still grappling around inside his tower looking for the disappeared window.

Include the file #inlcude <conio.h> and call the function getch( ); at the end of the programm. By calling this function the output will be closed only when you hit any key.

Ibindu, please don't reply to long-dead threads. The last post in this thread was over a year ago, which itself was several months after the question was asked.

There is a line above each post that says when it was made.