getline problem

3. Assume the array name is defined as follows:

char name[25];

A) Using a stream manipulator, write a cin statement that will read a string into name, but will read no more characters than name can hold.

b) Using the getline function, write a cin statement that will read a string into name but that will read no more characters than name can hold.

Code:

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#include <iostream>
#include <string>
using namespace std;


int main()
{
        char name[25];
    getline(cin, name);
       
cout << name << endl;
       
       
       
       
system("pause");
return 0;
}

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The error is in the way I used getline, what did I do wrong ?

Take a look at the definition of std::getline again. Pay particular attention to the type of arguments it expects.

There are two different getline() functions. One works with std::string, which is the version you are trying to use, the other works with a C-string.

Jim