This code performs the following steps: 1. Declares an integer variable...

This code performs the following steps:

1. Declares an integer variable named numStudents.

   int numStudents;
   

2. Outputs the message "Enter the number of students:" to the console, followed by a newline.

   cout << "Enter the number of students:\n";
   

3. Takes user input from the console (via the cin stream) and stores the entered value into the numStudents variable.

   cin >> numStudents;
   

In summary, this code asks the user to input the number of students and stores that value into the variable numStudents.