Is it normal that “press any key to continue...” doesn't appear on a separate line?

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I just started learning programming and started with C++. So I installed the IDE compiler CodeLite. But The problem is that whenever I run a "hello world" program, I notice that the “Press any key to continue . . . ” statement at the end of the command window appears directly after the “hello world” statement without printing a new line (it appears without any space and on the same line of the "hello world" statement). Is that normal?

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  • mauzi
    4 years ago

    \n

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    • Totooo
      4 years ago

      Yeah I get that \n is for printing new line. However, I wanted to know whether it's normal or not.

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      • mauzi
        4 years ago

        Yes if that's not there

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        • Totooo
          4 years ago

          Oh okay thank you. The thing is that in all videos I saw online, their “press any key to continue...” showed up in a separate line, even though they didn't put \n or >> endl at the end. So I thought I have something wrong.

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  • palehorse
    4 years ago

    It will do that unless you insert a line break yourself.

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    • Totooo
      4 years ago

      Okay thanks, I was just worried because all of the online video tutorials seemed to not have \n or endl but yet their "press any key" appeared on a separate line.

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      • palehorse
        4 years ago

        That's weird, the tutorials I watched always have a \n included. Maybe it was omitted for brevity? Or it's a quirk of their IDE? I don't know...

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