newb qestion about c++

ok im obviosly new to c++ and have sucessfuly made the famous
Hello world! program.

but i am haveing troble with my next program
P.S i am using http://www.cplusplus.com/doc/tutorial/index.html
tutorials

the program is suposed to count down from any enterd number but when i hit enter the program terminates

whats wrong

//custom countdown using while
#include <iostream.h>
int main ()
{
int n;
cout << "enter the starting number";
cin >> n;
while (n>0) {
cout << n << ", ";
--n;
}
cout << "FIRE!";
return 0;
}

any help would be great

Might be because console application closes at once after it's done it's work, try this one

#include <iostream.h>
#include <windows.h>
#include <stdio.h>
int main ()
{
int n;
printf("enter the starting number");
cin >> n;
while (n>0) {
printf("%i, ",n--);
}
printf("FIRE!\n");
system("pause");
return 0;
}

practically the same, just using printf for displaying.

thx that worked