Switch Cases

[mad-jackass]

Hey I just started learning c++ and am onto the page on switch cases on cprogramming.com but cant get it to work.

Can somebody please expain where I've gone wrong here:

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
int main ()
{
int x;
cout<< "Pick a number: 1 or 2: ";
cin>> x;
switch ( x ) {
case 1:
cout<< "You chose 1, correct!";
break;
case 2:
cout<< "You chose 2, fail!";
break;
default:
cout<< "doesnt work\n";
break;
}
cin.get();
}

[BhaaL]

Nothing wrong there, what does it do? Or better, what does it *not* do?

[mad-jackass]

Well I'm using bloodshed dev c++ and what ever I enter cmd just closes instantly.

Its not meant to do anything usefull really, I was just trying to learn how to use swich cases.

[193zaitsev]

That code is indeed correct. Have you successfully compiled and ran other programs with DevC++?

[mad-jackass]

Yes, I have compiled and ran many other programs with dev. Its strange I've checked the code multiple times and can't se why it won't work.

[Kurushimi]

You need to add "system("pause")" to the end of your code. This is sends a command to the command prompt to pause and wait for keyboard input. Some compilers do this automatically. DevC++ does not.

[Zelth]

Cool, system ("pause") works perfectly. I learned something new today (started learning C++ for a week) I couldn't find any errors in the code either... but of course because it wasn't an error D:
I thought that cin.get() would stop the cmd prompt from closing by itself >.> I think I was wrong....