Compiler problem

I'm new to programming so bear with me. I dled the mingw compiler along with devcpp and whenever i try to run my program the black screen momentarily appears and disappears. I downloaded the digital mars compiler also but that doesn't seem to work. I have windows 7 if that makes a difference or not. Can anyone tell me what the problem seems to be? thank you.

 

Yeahh, does your script have return(0) or system("pause")

Please show me your script

 

Yeah there's nothing wrong with the script. It compiles successfully but I can't run it for some reason. Whenever I press "run" the black screen pops up and I can read the stuff but the screen just disappears like instantly after it opens.

 

Yea this is because you need to throw a pause in. Nothing wrong with the compiler.

Add the include:

Code:

#include <stdlib.h>

And at the end of your code (before the return) add:

Code:

system("PAUSE");

 

holy shit thank you. im following a book on it and it didn't saying anything about a system("PAUSE"); but thank you.

 

lol'd: dev-c++, digital mars compiler
oh my... ps system("pause"); is bloody disgusting

 

Agreed.

I suggest you try a more capable IDE like Code::Blocks. Also, never use System("pause");, use one of the stdio functions to take input from the person. Even so, I think CodeBlocks halts its own console when the program has finished executing.

 

What happends in the code?

Code:

int main()
{
// code 
return 0; // it returns 0, INT <-- main(). it after it has succeed it quits. so does the program. 
}

solve?

int main()
{
//blabla
getchar();
return 0;
}

or 

int main()
{
system("PAUSE");
return 0;
}

or 

use cmd.exe