Trying something basic and need help

[MarauderIIC]

getch() isn't portable either, I don't think.

[LeonBlade]

Yeah it is... wait... lol... oops...
Alright just cin a line lol

char temp;
cin >> temp;

[Falco Girgis]

^

Not a good idea, the enter/newline is going to remain in the input buffer.

[LeonBlade]

Then we all give up...
Lets make a new forum about lawn chairs...

</sarcasm>

Then what do we use...?

[Falco Girgis]

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char temp[2];
cin >> temp;

[LeonBlade]

Amazing... So what IS in conio lol

[Aeolus]

lol wow you guys confuse me. Saying all this technical shit. I looked in the chapter i read and theirs nothing about holding the program open to see the result.

Im thinking about just doing something like

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char f;
cin >> f;

[Ginto8]

you could also simply do cin.clear() before cin.get(). Or you could use getchar(), which is in iostream.

[dandymcgee]

Just add:

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while( 1 ){}

Program will stay open as long as you need

NOTE: I just realized this actually "works".. For those of you that don't know this is a joke, it's a joke. DO NOT use this method.

[MarauderIIC]

Aeolus, use

char temp[2]; cin >> temp;

to hold it open. As opposed to

char temp; cin >> temp;

[LeonBlade]

Why array?

[Aeolus]

Thanks again Marauder

[eatcomics]

Why array?

I was wondering the same thing lol...
I have been using system("PAUSE");
and I have been meaning to change it but I'm too lazy to find a solution.... So an explanation would be nice lol

[MarauderIIC]

Why array? Because Falco said in an earlier post that otherwise the newline would be stuck on the buffer *shrug*
Last I heard newlines on windows from user were just \n, so, I dunno.

[Ginto8]

Instead of using an array, you could do this:

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cin.clear(); // clear the input buffer
cin.get() // wait for <break> to be pressed