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[pobri19]

Hi guys, I'm trying to learn C++, and I'm just wondering what the deal is with this:

#include <iostream>
#include <string>

int main()
{
	std::string s;
	std::cout << "Please enter a string: ";
	std::cin >> s;
	std::cin.ignore();
	std::cout << "\nYou entered: " << s << "\n";
	std::cin.get();
}

The problem is when a user enters a string of more than 1 word, it'll only print the first. I.E say I enter "Hello there" it will say "You entered: Hello" instead of "You entered: Hello there". I'm guessing cin doesn't read whitespace or something, so I'm just wondering what is the way around this... Ok thanks!

[Daved]

It's the operator>> that stops at whitespace by default.

If you're reading a string and you want a full sentence (up to when the user hits enter) then use getline:

std::getline(std::cin, s);

Don't forget to remove the call to std::cin.ignore(); since that only belongs there after calls to std::cin >>.