I have this:
[code] #include <iostream.h>
int
main()
{
int thisisanumber;
cout<<"Please enter a number:";
cin>>thisisanumber;
cout<<"You entered: "<<thisisanumber;
return 0;
}[/code]
When I run it I get a line that says Please enter a number:
I enter a number and the prompt closes.
I tryed doing this and got an error:
[code] #include <iostream.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
int
main()
{
int thisisanumber;
cout<<"Please enter a number:";
cin>>thisisanumber;
cout<<"You entered: "<<thisisanumber;
system(“PAUSE”);
return 0;
}[/code]
Is this way off?

[quote author=muert0 link=board=30;threadid=7557;start=0#msg68390 date=1088907263]
I have this:
[code] #include <iostream.h>
int
main()
{
int thisisanumber;
cout<<"Please enter a number:";
cin>>thisisanumber;
cout<<"You entered: "<<thisisanumber;
return 0;
}[/code]
When I run it I get a line that says Please enter a number:
I enter a number and the prompt closes.
I tryed doing this and got an error:
[code] #include <iostream.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
int
main()
{
int thisisanumber;
cout<<"Please enter a number:";
cin>>thisisanumber;
cout<<"You entered: "<<thisisanumber;
system(“PAUSE”);
return 0;
}[/code]
Is this way off?
[/quote]

It doesn't look like you're using normal quotes ("")...

Cool it took me a minute to figure out what you were saying. Thanks for the help.

Actually, the prompt closing after entering the number is normal. Having a pause there is useful when debugging, but generally, you don't want a pause when a console application finishes. Try running it from a cmd console, and you'll see.

Ok I had to go dig around in console mode for a while and remeber how to navigate around in it. Heh, I kept typing ls instead of dir. Oh well what's the command to run the program? I went to the directory the file was in and typed run project 2.exe. And it said run wasn't a valid command.

Just type the name of your exe file. If it's named with a space in it, you have to surround the command with quotes. The exe extension is optional.

c:\projects\project 2\release>"project 2"

Ok that does make a lot more sense. thanks for the help.

[quote]Does this work?[/quote]

You said there's an error, so no.

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