How to prevent output screen from disappear in Visual Studio 2013 C++ Compiler

Question

I just downloaded Visual Studio 2013. When I compile C, it doesn\'t show me my output. The output screen will show up for a brief second and then disappears.

Answer 1

I first used the metioned getchar() and breakpoints solutions but this is no good if you want the program to end (for example if you are using a memory leak detector). I got over this by redirecting the output to a file. You can do this by inserting >output.txt in the command line option under the debug section of project properties

Answer 2

To keep your screen from closing you can use getchar() as follow in Visual studio:

#include "stdafx.h"
#include <stdio.h>
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;


int main()
{
    cout << "Hello\n";
    getchar();

}

Answer 3

#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdio.h>
int main()
{
  printf("hello world");
  system("pause"); //this pauses the program until you press any key 
  return 0;
}

the output will be:

hello world

press any key to continue ...

Answer 4

add this code before return 0 ;

int  num;
scanf ("%d",&num);

or

getchar();

Answer 5

You can also hold CTRL + F5 to get the window to stay open.

Answer 6

There's several things you can do (I'm assuming you're using Windows):

1. Compile and execute your program using the Visual Studio Command Prompt program.
2. Add getchar(); before returning to the OS.
3. Add system("pause"); before returning to the OS.