What I'm I doing wrong?

I've been trying to learn C++ and I've started with the clasic hello world program just as a test. But every time I try to run it the dos type window appears just for a fraction of a second. My code:

Code:

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// hello world program

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

int main ()
{
        cout << "Hello World!";
        return 0; }

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Does anyone see anything obvious?

Your code looks OK, I really don't see the problem. :huh: Try putting the end curly on the next line like this:

Code:

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// hello world program

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

int main ()
{
        cout << "Hello World!";
        return 0;
}

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If that doesn't work, it may not be the code's fault but something else.

Good luck learning by the way, I'm learning it too (and having a tough time in class).

:gah2: That didn't work.
Good luck to you to, I've been trying off and on for about a year and now I'm trying to make a solid attempt. What compiler do you use?

Why you dont start from crash again?

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Originally Posted by Destroyer of Hope

:gah2: That didn't work.
Good luck to you to, I've been trying off and on for about a year and now I'm trying to make a solid attempt. What compiler do you use?

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I use the compiler that comes with Visual Studio 2005 (school software) but I don't know specifically.

Also, one last thing. Caius Flaminius is right, just try again, and try adding an "endl;" after your cout like:

Code:

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cout << "Hello World!" << endl;

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found the problem, the program wasn't stoping at the end so it just closed. I fixed it by adding: system (pause) to the end. Thanks for your help. :bow: