beginner

beginner here, just stated learning C++ and i have come up against a small problem. Everytime i run or build one of my projects, the cmd window closes before i can see the results. Is there a way to stop the cmd window closing after it has run the code?
thanks for your time chaps.

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yep its windows. I've been opening the .exe instead of running it directly from cmd. I'll give that a try, thanks for the help.
What would you recommend other then C++? my learning is based on what /g/ recommended...