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Thanks a lot....<br />
But can you explain to me what theat function actually does.
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Thanks a lot....
But can you explain to me what theat function actually does.

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getch() waits for a character from standard input. So that causes the console to stay until you press a key.
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getch() waits for a character from standard input. So that causes the console to stay until you press a key.

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Hey,<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp;I just started learning c programming. I started learning with Visual studio.net and ther was an option there that has &quot;start without debugging&quot; under debugging. The thing is i can't use that Visual studio anymore(I'm now trying to use visual studio express 2005 beta 1, or Dev-C++), and other compilers don't have start without debugging...<br />
&nbsp; So.. now when i run a program straight from windows, the program just runs and the console goes away almost immediately.<br />
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QUESTION: is there something i can put in my code that stops the console from closing when the program ends.(or is there something i can do to Visual studio express to allow the console to stay.)<br />
<br />
THanks
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Hey,
   I just started learning c programming. I started learning with Visual studio.net and ther was an option there that has "start without debugging" under debugging. The thing is i can't use that Visual studio anymore(I'm now trying to use visual studio express 2005 beta 1, or Dev-C++), and other compilers don't have start without debugging...
  So.. now when i run a program straight from windows, the program just runs and the console goes away almost immediately.

QUESTION: is there something i can put in my code that stops the console from closing when the program ends.(or is there something i can do to Visual studio express to allow the console to stay.)

THanks

Stop console from closing

C is a general-purpose, imperative computer programming language, supporting structured programming, lexical variable scope and recursion, while a static type system prevents many unintended operations. By design, C provides constructs that map efficiently to typical machine instructions, so it has found lasting use in applications that had formerly been coded in assembly language, including operating systems as well as various application software for computers ranging from supercomputers to embedded systems. It is distinct from C++ (which has its roots in C) and C#, and many later languages have borrowed directly or indirectly from C.