I am doing a c program, console app. but everytime I run the program, the "dos" window appears and then dissapears before I can see the out put. Is there some sort of delay timer I can place in my code, or a line that states to wait for user intervention before closing. Thanks in advance.

Put a call to getch() in at the end of your main function, eg:


printf("Press a key to end...\r\n");
getch();


That should leave the DOS window open until the user presses a key or manually closes it by clicking the [x] on the DOS window.

If you are using Visual C++ push CTRL f5 instead of just f5 when running your app.

I tried the getch() command, but it is still doing the same thing. I am using Dev-C++ would that have anything to do with it?

Dev-C++ doesn''t support getch().

Dev-C++ is simply an IDE. The compiler behind it is GCC. The library definitions that are included with it (MinGW32) don''t include getch since it isn''t a standard function in the first place. You can use an alternative that''s equally effective through either: Running the program from a console in the first place (what I''d do) or putting a call to getchar at the end of the program (basically, it waits until you hit enter).

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couldnt he just use kbhit()?

"You can observe a lot just by watching."- Yogi Berra

You could also try system("PAUSE");
if you use this method, include stdlib.h

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Original post by clrscr
couldnt he just use kbhit()?

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That isn''t any more standard than "getch" is (no, I don''t think it is supported by the GCC+MinGW32 setup either).

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Original post by m0rte
You could also try system("PAUSE");

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While, yes, he could, that would be bad practice. Relying on the system''s command line parser isn''t a good idea. In general, it''s a bad habit to pick up .

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Thanks Null and Void, never thought of it, but it works.. much appreciated.


Cheers

*and after all that my output is wrong... damnit.

Edited by - bleachblood on December 21, 2001 4:54:50 PM