Help with C++ problem

[rollcast]

#include <iostream>

using namespace std;

int main()
{cout<< "Welcome to RollCast's Classic Salmon Fly Proportion Calculator!"<<endl;
cout<< "Please enter the gape of your hook in mm."<<endl;
int gape;
cin>> gape;
cout<< "Your hook gape ="; cout<< (gape); cout<< "mm"<<endl;
cout<< "Please select which tyers proportions you wish to use"<<endl;
cout<< "1: Kelson \n2: Cohen \n3: Alcott \n4: Carne \n5: Guidry \n6: Inman \n7: Boyer \n8: Ostoj \n9: Gotzmer"<<endl;
cout<< "Please input the number for which proportion you wish to use"<<endl;
int tyer;
cin>> tyer;
float dtl;
float has;
float dbb;
switch (tyer)
{case 1:
dtl =1.8;
has =0.8;
dbb =0.7;
break;
case 2:
dtl =2;
has =0.875;
dbb =0.5;
break;
case 3:
dtl =1.4;
has =0.7;
dbb =0.3;
break;
case 4:
dtl =1.8;
has =1;
dbb =0.44;
break;
case 5:
dtl =1.88;
has =1.1;
dbb =0.75;
break;
case 6:
dtl =1.9;
has =0.81;
dbb =0.69;
break;
case 7:
dtl =1.78;
has =0.5;
dbb =0.83;
break;
case 8:
dtl =2;
has =0.78;
dbb =0.78;
break;
case 9:
dtl =1.69;
has =0.58;
dbb =0.53;
break;
default:
cout << "Not a valid option" << endl;
}
cout<< "Diagonal tail length ="; cout<< gape*dtl; cout<< "mm"<<endl;
cout<< "Height above shank ="; cout<< gape*has; cout<< "mm"<<endl;
cout<< "Distance behind bend ="; cout<< gape*dbb; cout<< "mm"<<endl;

cout<< "Thanks for testing, RollCast \n Press ANY KEY to continue";

return 0;
}

When I try to debug this it stops the console window at the part:

...
float dtl;
float has;
float dbb;
switch (tyer)
{case 1:
dtl =1.8;
has =0.8;
dbb =0.7;
break;
...

but doesn't give me any error messages?

[Ivan92]

I just ran this code and my debugger didn't crash. By the looks of it, it seems good. What exactly is the problem?

[rollcast]

When I try to save the code as a .exe so I can email it to some people who wanted it, the console opens when the .exe is ran but then stops and closes at the part I indicated.

[Borek]

My bet is that it displays the message and then closes the console - as there is no reason for the console to stay open. Console closes so fast, it is impossible to see that the message was displayed.

[rollcast]

Think what my problem is that the person I'm trying to send it to hasn't got a compiler for c++, is there any way I can save it so he doesn't need to install a compiler?

[rollcast]

Sorry I just realised that I had forgotten to code a pause into the end of it

[rcgldr]

... or you could tell the person to run the program from a dos console window. For windows XP, you'd click on programs / accessories / command prompt. I assume that the "pause" function asks the user to press the enter key to continue?

[chiro]

Do what rcgldr said: use the command prompt.

Also if you ever come across a scenario where there is too much text, then pipe the output to a text file.