Help me out with one simple issue please

[KDE]

I got Accelerated C++ (is this book outdated, because I swear std::cout and that kind of stuff is horribly outdated?) and I have a huge issue with making the console stay. I made this program:

#include "stdafx.h"
#include <iostream>
#include <string>

int main()
{
	std::cout << "Please enter your first name: ";
	
	std::string name;
	std::cin >> name;

	std::cout << "Hello, " << name << "!" << std::endl;
	return 0;

}

Basically, the console pops up, I write my name, then the console closes down. Right. Is this std::endl that's the problem then? Because this is really annoying. I haven't even got past the first chapter and it already doesn't work.

Thankful for any answers.

[Stewbond]

http://cplusplus.com/forum/beginner/1988/

This link explains why your console closes down .

Otherwise: std::cout is not outdated. Add the following line to your code before the int main():
using namespace std.
now you can drop the std:: tags.

If you don't want the console to close you have one of two options:
1. Open the command prompt (I assume you are using windows), navigate to your exe directory and run the program.
2. Use cin.get() immediately before your return 0 line.

[Albatross]

2. Use cin.get() immediately before your return 0 line.

Beware of trailing newlines...

@OP:
I'm not sure who told you that std::cout is outdated, but that's not really a true statement. While it may not be used too frequently in programs that use GUIs, it's not outdated.

-Albatross

[KDE]

My biggest problem with std:: is that it tells me to use std::endl;, something which I've never seen before when programming in C++ (yes, I'm fairly new :P) and it seems to replace cin.get();. Do these two fill the same function, and if not, what are the differences?

[Ben Duncan]

I've not heard that cin.get() replaces a std::endl; , so I'll tell you what it does (or at least what I use it for)

Say I have a C array like this:
char arr[60];

Now, say I want to get a user input on this and fill in the array, I would do this:

std::cin.get(arr, '\n');

Now, you may be confused about what that means, but it is simple: I want the user to cin.get arr until the user types in: '\n' ('\n' is equal to someone pressing enter)

Though, you do not need cin.get() for the project that you have there.