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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Much appreciated. I started with Python but was swayed by what I saw in /g/. Would you be able to recommend a good beginners guide or is it fairly easy to stumble across a good one?