how to make the window pause in a c++ console application?

Question

I know in visual studio you can just hit ctrl+f5 and the cmd prompt will wait for you to press a key before closing, but how do you do that for in the actually .exe, or can you?

Answer 1

you can call the .exe from the command prompt of windows, or use some functions like getchar(), cin.get(); and system("pause");

Answer 2

Open a console window and run your program from the console window. The window will not close until you close it. This works in Windows or Linux so it is a universal way to run command line programs.



Today's point and click trained people never think about actually running commands manually by typing them in at a command prompt.



You can also make a variety of modifications to your program to force a pause such as asking for another input or waiting for a key press. The actual method can vary a bit depending on which operating system you are using.



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Answer 3

Put a gets() at the end of your routine to wait for a line to be entered.