Computer Science Canada

Char?

Author:

Flikerator [ Mon Oct 31, 2005 9:26 am ]

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Char?

code:

#include <iostream>
int main()
{
char name;
std::cout << "Hello, whats your name? ";
std::cin >> name;
std::cin.ignore(); //Ignores the enter key
std::cout << name << " is a cool name!";
std::cin.get();
return 0;
}

I have stdd::cin.get(); so I can see the bottem line. If you enter a single character then its fine, but more then that it keeps going. Im not exactly sure why :/

If the variable is changed to an int, then it works find with any length. So im guessing i need to change something with ignore for strings.

I use Bloodshed Dec C++

Note: Dont tell me not to use it, its all I have at school and I find it works pretty well.

Author:

rizzix [ Mon Oct 31, 2005 10:37 am ]

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maybe you meant this:

c++:

#include <string>
#include <iostream>

int main()
{
std::string name;
std::cout << "Hello, whats your name? ";
std::cin >> name;
std::cout << name << " is a cool name!" << std::endl;
return 0;
}

Author:	md [ Mon Oct 31, 2005 4:52 pm ]
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rizzix's answer gives the right code; the reason is that you used a char. char = character, std::string is a string (there are other ways of doing strings too, but you probably want to avoid them).

Author:	Flikerator [ Wed Nov 02, 2005 8:13 am ]
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Alright thanks

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