C++ Tutorials - Absolute n00b spoonfeed

What does these codes do,
char f ;
cin >> f ;
return 0; ?

Please explain like i am retarded ?

Thanks

the video explains it.

- creates a char variable
- does some magic that makes the program wait for the user to type in a letter, then puts that letter into the char variable

sort of like a "Press any key to continue..." kind of functionality

antiRTFM;
thanks for responding. i was following your video. in the beginning you use the code (i think)

cin.get();
return 0;

then in later videos, you mentioned that the
char f ; cin >> f ;

is better or necessary.

Why?

Pls explain. I may have missed something

If you want to pause a program you can use sistem("PAUSE") or cin.get()...
You shotuldnt use cin. Cin gets imput from the user and enters it in a variable. I dont think that you should use cin for pause because you add lines to your program and when you have a bigger program it will be very easy to loose track...

@krazidudette: As explained in the vid, cin.get() doesnt work so well if you have other cin commands in your code. When we used to have only cin.get(), we used it. When we started using more cin in our code, we changed to char f; cin >> f;

@Zorro59: meh, those aren't issues to be worried about at all for 2 lines of code. Just add a // comment explaining what it does.

And on the contrary; i'd disrecommend system("pause") being that its for Windows only, which make it non-Standard C++ code.

If ppl want help for linux lets say, I think that they are going to post here the os they are using, if they dont I assume that they use windows...

The point isn't so much the OSs people use. The point is adhering to the holy Standard

Haha, that's a nice way of putting it. The "holy standard," I like it .

The "holy standard"
LOL!!!