Char?

[Flikerator]

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.

[rizzix]

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; }

[md]

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).

[Flikerator]

Alright thanks