How do I prevent the console (application file) from closing itself immediately after running in windows? [closed]

Answer 1

The problem is quite common when starting to learn C/C++..

the reason is that console applications once finisher return from their main method, the associated console window automatically closes. This behavior has nothing to do with what your app does or not, or if the app is working well or not.

To "correct" this simple add a pause just before the return statement in the main method

Example:

....
   system("pause");  
   return 0;
}

Answer 2

Do this

int main()
{

   // your code

   system("pause"); // this will stop the pause 

   return 0;
}

Answer 3

1)Try to run it natively through the cmd.

Let's say that your file is in C:\file.exe Open the cmd, type cd C:\ and then type file.exe

2)Try to add "system("PAUSE");" to your program to keep it opened.

Answer 4

The following two lines will print the message "Press ENTER key to Continue" and then pause execution waiting for the enter key. I hope this helps.

printf("Press ENTER key to Continue\n");  
getchar();