Simple hello world runs but printf does not print to command line

Question

#include <stdio.h>

int main()
{
    printf("Hello World\n");
    return 0;
}

This is my simple hello world program given to me by my professor. I was given this to copy as my first program in C. I am using visual studio 2013 as instructed and I am on a Surface Book running windows 10. A classmate that is on the exact same setup runs this program just fine. Mine will build and when I run without debugging the console window opens and no text prints. I cannot find a solution online.

Answer 1

Make sure your program doesn't just finish and close the console so quickly that you cannot see anything. Try this:

#include <stdio.h>

int main()
{
    printf("Hello World\n");
    fflush (stdout); /* Make sure string is outputted to std output */
    getchar(); /* waits for a key to finish */
    return 0;
}