assistance with ping command

[fireson]

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
int main()
{
int ip;
cout << "Please Enter An address \n";
cin >> ip;

system ("ping ip");
cin.get ();
return 0;
}

when i compile my code and run it i am able to get the "please enter an address" to come up but once i enter a number/ipaddress it comes up again

could i please have some help?

[helios]

Is your executable by any chance called "ping"/"ping.exe"?

By the way, system() won't recognize the string "ip" as a variable within your program. What you're doing has the exact same effect as taking the console and typing
ping ip
An IP address is a 32-bit integer, normally written as 0.0.0.0-255.255.255.255. While the binary representation does in some systems fit into an int, asking the user to manually perform the conversions is nothing short of retarded.