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my console apps just close...system("pause") doesnt work

whenever i open one of my simple console apps, and theres a prompt, if i input, right after the comp outputs (be4 i can even see it) it instantaneously closes (unless running in debug mode, im talkin about just opening the .exe)
i added
system("pause");
and it compiled :)
but didnt work :(...it still closed instantaneously after inputing a value

Assuming you're using VS, it will close anyways in debug mode. It's when you run it in non-debug mode (but still from the IDE) that it stays open. Maybe post your code?

It might be executing a runtime error. Something that the compiler doesn't pick up, because it's conditional upon what happens inside the execution.

system("pause") only works in Windows. You could try using cin.get(). Those are the only standard methods I know.

Try this

system("PAUSE");

return EXIT_SUCCESS;

also make sure that system is all lower case ( i don't know if that matters but it might help).

You need to post your code, it is probably not getting to the system call.

heres my code then dark:

/*****************

Program: days.exe

File: days1.cpp

Funciton: asks user to input a number representing day of week and set that as vacation...if day is already off then it will reprompt

Description: simple program

Author: Sreenath Pillai

Environment: Microsoft Visual C++ 5

Notes: will change goto and make 0 return an error to console....0 works, i dunno why the heck it does, but o well...

Version: 0.1

Revisions: none

***************/

#include<iostream>

using namespace std;

typedef unsigned short int USHORT;

int OhGosh(std::string StupidUser) // Prm753's function...it OWNS!!!

{

      std::cerr << StupidUser << std::endl;

      return 1;

}

int main()

{

enum Days {Sunday=1, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday};

const char *dayNames[8] = {"", "Sunday", "Monday", "Tuesday", "Wednesday", "Thursday", "Friday", "Saturday"};

Prompt:

Days y;

USHORT x;

cout <<"What day of the week would you like off (1=Sunday to 7=Saturday)?";

cin >> x;

if ( !std::cin.good() ) return OhGosh("Why couldn't you have entered a number?");

else goto Cont;

Cont:

if (x<1, x>7)

{

        cout <<"\nPlease enter a number between 1 (Sunday) and 7 (Saturday)\n";

goto Prompt;

}

else 

goto Continue;

Continue:

y = Days(x);

if (y == Sunday || y == Saturday)

{

        cout <<"\nYou already have weekends off!\n";

        goto Prompt;

}

else

cout<<"\nOkay, you now have\t" << dayNames[y] << "\toff\n";

return 0;

system ("pause");

}

the question is misunderstood...the program worked but quit AFTER it worked...in debug it pauses til i hit a key but oprning it from windows explorer it prompts, i enter the # and it terminates....now i enter a wrong number and the error message that i programmed successfully comes meaning that the prgm itself works...just that after solving it closes immediately and i want it to pause that all :D

You don't notice anything wrong with where return 0; is located? And please use a switch() statement.

Your problem is that system("pause") comes after you return. Put it before that.

else goto Cont;

Cont:

//...

else 

goto Continue;

Continue:

Got to go.

Prompt:

//...

goto Prompt;

Use a loop.

And use some indentation.

lol yeah gotta get in habit of indentation, read my comments my first revision is to get rid of gotos, already deleted cont and continue cause they did nothing lol....duno how to loop (syntax) but ill learn, i know the comcept pretty well from VB

adding prm function got me an error