I don't know how to pause the screen 2

[2LzbRXSz]

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10363646/compiling-c11-with-g

Maybe this will work...?

Honestly, it may be in your best bet to download a different IDE.

[dilver]

Now I understood why I got the error . I must restart my computer along with Dev C++ 5.11 after making the change :)

So I tried your code Cactus and it worked fine . but the

press a key to continue... message did not disappear : When I run your code :

#include <iostream>
#include <thread>
#include <chrono>

using namespace std;

int main()
{
    this_thread::sleep_for(chrono::seconds(5));
    cout << "Hello, world!" << endl;
    
    return 0;
}

this is what I got :

Hello , world !

-----------------------------------------------------

process exited after 5.049 seconds with return value 0

press a key to continue ...

So the message remained and did not disappear

is not there a solution to make the message disappear ?

[naraku9333]

Open a terminal/command prompt change directory to where the executable is and run it.

[thecrazedone126]

Here is what I do to make it so you have to press a key to continue.

#include<iostream>              //for cout
#include<conio.h>               //for getch()
using namespace std;
int main(void)
{
    int k=0;                    //variable
    cout << "press something anything i need to be free" << endl;//message to tell the user to press a key to continue
    k=0;while(k==0) k=getch();  //pausing sequence
    cout << "thanks" << endl;   //something afterwards to prove it works
    return (0);
}

Also, never use system("pause"); or any system command because... well... just read this article.

http://www.cplusplus.com/articles/j3wTURfi/

[dilver]

"Open a terminal/command prompt change directory to where the executable is and run it."

thank you that is really wonderful idea and it works . Is there a way to do it automatically without having each time to change to where the executable is then running it ???

[firedraco]

You can probably set up your IDE to do that automatically with some custom debug/run options. I'm not sure where those would be in DevC++ though, probably in some project/program properties window.

Also, consider upgrading to a more recent IDE like wxDevC++ (or whatever is the newest).

[TheHardew]

@thecrazedone126 your solution is not the best. First, why to declare new, unused variable?
You can do sth like that:
while(true) getch();
Second, those kind of loops are horrible. They run all the time. It uses all processor resources it can. It's much better to use std::cin.get();. It doesn't make that ugly loop. Use it once normally or twice if there was std::cin >> something; before, as it has to catch enter key, that was not caught by std::cin object.

[Ispil]

dilver, you can also compile it as release. That "press any key to continue" is code added to the end of the run by the compiler in a debug compilation.

[dilver]

"dilver, you can also compile it as release"

What do you mean?