C++ console program closing before completion.

Question

My Program is a simple sum finder. the code of which I will post at the end. But it asks for the first number. Upon entering it asks you for a second number. After entering the second number, the console window closes before showing the results. When I first build and tested in Visual C++ 2010 it ran fine, but this problem only occurs when running the .exe from the build location. Any tips?

Here is the code If testing yourself please re-assemble:

#include "stdafx.h" // for Visual Studio users
#include <iostream>

int main()
{
  using namespace std;   
  int no1, no2, sum ;

  cout << "\nEnter the first number = " ;
  cin >> no1 ;

  cout << "\nEnter the Second number = " ;
  cin >> no2 ;

  sum = no1 + no2 ;

  cout << "\nThe sum of "<< no1 <<" and "<< no2 <<" = "<< sum  ; 

  return 0 ;
}

Answer 1

That's because the window closes when the program is finished running. Use std::cin.get() to keep the window open while it waits for input:

int main()
{
    // ...
    std::cin.get(); // keep the window open; wait for a character
    return 0;
}