Very Simple Program Help
Hi,
I'm a beginner in C++ and I was wondering on this issue. I have a book and I'm on page 12. Here, it gives me the code for a very basic C++ program. So, I fire up Visual Studio and proceed to type this:
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
int main() {
cout << "This is a simple C++ program!" << endl;
}
However, when I execute, the console window opens up for less than a second, gives me the text I want and closes. Having prior experience with Visual Basic, I thought that the console window would open indefinitely. Have I written part of the code wrong? Or is it right and natural? If it is a valid code, is there any way to keep the console window open displaying the text or not?
I'm a beginner in C++ and I was wondering on this issue. I have a book and I'm on page 12. Here, it gives me the code for a very basic C++ program. So, I fire up Visual Studio and proceed to type this:
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
int main() {
cout << "This is a simple C++ program!" << endl;
}
However, when I execute, the console window opens up for less than a second, gives me the text I want and closes. Having prior experience with Visual Basic, I thought that the console window would open indefinitely. Have I written part of the code wrong? Or is it right and natural? If it is a valid code, is there any way to keep the console window open displaying the text or not?
There is a whole thread on this topic: http://www.cplusplus.com/forum/beginner/1988/
By the way, you declare your main method as returning an integer but it doesn't. You should add
at the end.
By the way, you declare your main method as returning an integer but it doesn't. You should add
return 0;at the end.
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