Thread: getline help!

I have this function for my address book program but the first getline isn't working, somebody please tell me why!

PHP Code:

void ChangeEntry (sturec &book, fstream myfile, int &recordnum)
{ 
    int whichnum;
    char temp1[50], temp2[50];
    
    cout << "\nRecord number to change? ";
    cin >> whichnum;

    if (whichnum > recordnum)
        cout << "\nI'm sorry, there are not that many records.  \nPlease select a record"<<
        " between 0 and "<<recordnum<<endl<<endl;
    
                else
    {
        myfile.seekg(whichnum*98);
        myfile.read(temp1, 15);

        cout <<"Last name: "<<temp1;
        cout <<"\nLast name? \n";
        cin.getline (temp2, 15);
        cout << temp2;
        if (strcmp(temp2, "")!=0)
            strcpy (book.lastname, temp2);
        myfile.read(temp1, 15);
        cout <<"First name: "<<temp1<<endl;
        cout <<"First name? ";
        cin.getline (temp2, 15);
        if (strcmp(temp2, "")!=0)
            strcpy (book.firstname, temp2);    

    }

} 


because there is still a newline char in the input buffer following the line:

cin >> whichnum;

to fix it add this after the above line:

cin.ignore();

As you get more sophisticated with your programming skills read about istream methods (>> and getline in particular) in your favorite textbook (as there are some picky ooni details that can trip you up if you don't know how these methods work), or do a search on this board using getline as the searchword.

Thanks!