this snippet of code is an alternative to system(“pause”) in MS Visual Studio.
/* * File: SystemPause.cpp * Author: B Turley * * This function can be used as a substitute for 'system("pause")' * in Microsoft Visual Studio * * Created on November 10, 2009, 1:17 AM */ #include <iostream> #include <limits> using namespace std; void pause() { cout<<"Press any key to Continue..."; cin.sync(); cin.ignore(numeric_limits<streamsize> ::max(), 'n'); } int main(int argc, char** argv) { pause(); return (0); }