Preventing console window from closing on Visual Studio C/C++ Console application

Question

This is a probably an embarasing question as no doubt the answer is blindingly obvious.

I\'ve used Visual Studio for years, but this is the first time I\'ve done any

Answer 1

A somewhat better solution:

atexit([] { system("PAUSE"); });

at the beginning of your program.

Pros:

• can use std::exit()
• can have multiple returns from main
• you can run your program under the debugger
• IDE independent (+ OS independent if you use the cin.sync(); cin.ignore(); trick instead of system("pause");)

Cons:

• have to modify code
• won't pause on std::terminate()
• will still happen in your program outside of the IDE/debugger session; you can prevent this under Windows using:

---

extern "C" int __stdcall IsDebuggerPresent(void);
int main(int argc, char** argv) {
    if (IsDebuggerPresent())
        atexit([] {system("PAUSE"); });
    ...
}