How to close the console window after the program?

Question

I'm trying to make a program which will close the console window after execution. But it outputs this instead:

(the program output)
--------------------------------
Process exited after 15.7973 seconds with return value 0
Press any key to continue . . .

I don't want to see this message, I just want to make the program which will completely close the window.

End of my program:

   ...
   if(getch==116){
     ...
   }
   system("pause >nul");
   return 0;
}

I'm using Dev-C++.

Remove `system("pause >nul");` Run program directly, without IDE — Ivan Aksamentov - Drop, Feb 13 '16 at 21:18

score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:50

0

The console window is normally closed when you run your exe with a double-click outside of IDE, or when run in debug mode with F5. Avoid the use of system("pause") or system("pause > NULL"). Avoiding "Press any key to continue" when running console application from Visual Studio

edited May 23 '17 at 11:50

Community

answered Feb 13 '16 at 21:20

StelI0z

"The console window is normally closed when you run your exe with a double-click outside of IDE" -> That's the reason?? Really?? Anyways, thank you! :-) Btw. I'm using DevC++, not Visual Studio – 화이트케이크 Feb 13 '16 at 21:50

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited Feb 13 '16 at 21:51

0

Remove this line:

system("pause >nul");

edited Feb 13 '16 at 21:51

Misa Lazovic

answered Feb 13 '16 at 21:44

kvr

@Waterflame: The `pause` system command is what keeps the window open and waits for input. – Pixelchemist Feb 13 '16 at 21:52

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