C++ Command Line Window

[The Little Guy]

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
int main(){
    cout << "Game Over!" << endl;
    return 0;
}

 

I am getting the above from a book "Beginning C++ Game Programming 2004". It compiles, but it just doesn't display the command line window, It just closes it. Is there a reason for this? Is it my code, or is it Dev-C++?

[Daniel0]

It closes because the program ends. Logical, no? It's doing what you tell it to.

 

You need to either open a console and execute the program from there or you'll need to put something in your program that'll prevent the program from ending.

[The Little Guy]

So since in the book it only has that code, why does their console window stay open, and mine doesn't?

[Daniel0]

It doesn't. A program closes when it ends. It's always like that.

[Mchl]

So since in the book it only has that code, why does their console window stay open, and mine doesn't?

 

Because it's a book... They might just as well forgot this little piece of information, that you should open it in console window

[DarkWater]

Add:

system("PAUSE");

 

Right before your return statement.  Also, you shouldn't need the std namespace declaration, I'm pretty sure DevC++ (and most compilers) automatically assume that namespace.

[The Little Guy]

OK, well its good to know, cause I thought I had a bad install of Visual C++, So I tried Dev-C++ and it brought me to this conclusion. Back in 2004, did the window stay open, even after the program ended?

 

btw, what IDE do you guys like?

 

I think I like Visual C++ Express, but I haven't gotten into it much.  I like its intellisense, since I don't know any of the functions, methods, classes, and other things that come with C++.

 

I like Dev-C++ because it is much lighter than Visual C++ Express, but it doesn't have the intellisense which I like.

 

Any suggestions?

[Mchl]

I would try NetBeans... didn't have oppurtunity to try it with C++ so far... and you have to spend time configuring it.

Well. I will do some C++ soon, so I will try it. It works fine for me for PHP, so I suppose it could work as well with C++

[Daniel0]

Back in 2004, did the window stay open, even after the program ended?

 

Never did, never will, and never was supposed to. Programs end when execution end. If you don't want them to end then you program them to not end.