I'm running Windows 98 (just to get that out of the way).
Hello again,
I snagged a copy of Python for Dummies from the library and was typing the first example program into Dev-Python. After numerous errors, I finally got the code right, but when I ran it, instead of displaying the text it was supposed to, it just showed "Press any key to continue..." I was sure I got the code right, so I figured it was the compiler's fault and just moved on.
About half-way through the first section of Chapter 2, I got inspiration to make a simple 'average of three numbers' program. The result:
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//
// Program to find the
// average of three numbers
//
#include <cstdio>
#include <cstdlib>
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
int main(int nNumberofArgs, char* pszArgs[])
{
cout << "This program will find the average of three numbers.";
// enter the numbers you want
// to find the average of
double valueOne; double valueTwo; double valueThree;
cout << "Enter the first number:";
cin >> valueOne;
cout << "Enter the second number:";
cin >> valueTwo;
cout << "Enter the third number:";
cin >> valueThree;
// calculate the average
// of the numbers
double average;
average = (valueOne + valueTwo + valueThree) / 3;
cout << "The average is:";
cout << average << endl;
return 0;
}
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(Let me add here that the displayed text came out as one line; if the solution is easy, could you let me know what it is?)
It looked pretty good to me and the IDE said there were no errors, so I tried to run it. It displayed "Press any key to continue..." and patiently waited for my input. By then it was starting to annoy me and I figured that I couldn't learn a programming language if I couldn't run any of my programs. So I went to a friends house (who's father programs as a hobby) and entered the same code in Visual Python 6.0, and the program ran just fine ('cept the no breaks in the line, but that of course is because I'm an idiot).
So that is my problem. Is there a soulution? Maybe an alternate IDE (I could steal VCPP6 (<<is that a valid acronym?) from the friend?)?
I'll also add that the programs ran fine in debug mode (which I pressed by mistake).
Any help is appreciated.