Alternative function in iostream.h for getch() of conio.h?

Question

I\'m trying to hold the screen on my output using the header file , but I don\'t know any equivalent function to the getch() &

Answer 1

Late answer, you can use std::cin.get(), this should work with most compilers. If that doesn't work, try adding another.

int main () {

    // ...

    std::cin.get();
    std::cin.get();
    return 0x00;
}

Using system("PAUSE") is only available on Windows and is a bad programming habit. The reason for this is it literally pauses or freezes your program as opposed to just waiting for an input. ie. a keypress to exit.