What is the Best Practice for Combating the Console Closing Issue?

Question

After compiling console programs the console window closes immediately after running. What is the best practice for keeping it open? I\'ve searched google loads, I\'m used t

Answer 1

I use:

cin.get()

I heard it was less costly than system("PAUSE") and it works on POSIX systems too. There's a great link that goes into detail about this.