C++ Question. I need a miracle from the C++ gods......

[dimbulb]

so I have my C++ program, everything works fine. It even gives me output.

the last lines of my code in main() are

char x;
cin>>x;

its just to keep the window open until i press a key to allow the program to close.

but when i enter a character and press enter, it crashes.. or rather. windows says it crashes...

when i delete the cin, it just crashes on termination,

WHY??!!!!

thanks....... just about going crazy with this...

[kinsaj]

It would help to see more code... It doesnt sound like an error with those last lines.

[Shokan]

You should ask this in Computers.

[Pragma]

What it sounds like - though without looking at most/all of the code:

You've got a memory leak somewhere in your code - allocating dynamic memory (either through malloc or new) and not deleting it. Then, when you get to the end of the program, it doesn't properly know how to delete/free it, and crashes.

[Artsemis]

Also, if you are using namespace std in this program, you can use the following command to get a "keypress" pause...

system("pause");

Again, this only works if you are doing this at the top:
using namespace std;

[Giltwist]

Did you remember to

return 0;

?

[Pleth²]

Well, with my limited knowledge of C... here's a basic program that will close when you press a key.

#include <stdio.h>
int a;
main()
{
     scanf( %d, a );
     return 0;
}

Mind you, my C is a tad rusty, but that should do it.

[cheerios]

Dimbulb, please dont' crosspost next time for all interested parties, a more in depth discussion of this problem can be found:
http://tfproject.org/tfp/showthread....threadid=39092