Spaces in Character Arrays

im using dev-c++ and have a string declared like this

char itemname[26][50];


this is how the user inputs data into the string

cout << "Enter the Name of Item " << x << ": ";
cin >> itemname[x];
cout << endl;



if the user inputs a space somewhere, e.g. "X Y" the program pretty much stops working and refuses to accept any more inputs.


am i doing something wrong? anything else i can do?

use:

cin.getline(intemname[x],'\n');

Quote:

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Originally posted by Lynux-Penguin
use:

cin.getline(intemname[x],'\n');

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Correct me if I'm wrong.
If he wants to input the whole sting, I think it should be cin.getline(intemname, '\n');

It works but then it prevents me from adding anything else to the array... the entire thing is in a loop

Code:

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do

 {
      x++;

      cout << "Enter the Name of Item " << x << ": ";
      cin.getline(itemname[x],'\n');

      cout << "Enter the Price of Item " << x << ": $";
      cin >> itemprice[x];
      cout << endl;

      cout << "Is the Item Taxable (y/n)  ";
      cin >> taxyn[1][x];
      cout << endl;

      cout << endl;

      stotal = stotal + itemprice[x];

      if (taxyn[1][x] != 'n')
      {
        cout << "%";
        gst = gst + (stotal * 0.1);
      }

      if (taxyn[1][x] = 'n')
      {
        cout << "";
        gst = gst + (stotal * 0.0);
      }

      cout << itemname[x] << "\t\t$" << itemprice[x] << endl << endl;

      cout << "Do you wish to add another Item? (y/n)    ";
      cin >> yn;
      cout << endl;

      if (x == 100)
      {
        cout << "Cannot Add any more Items!" << endl;
        yn = 'n';
      }
      cout << endl;

      system("PAUSE");
      //clrscr();

  } while (yn == 'y' || yn == 'Y');

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It only lets me add one thing to itemname the first time the loop executes but after that, it just skips that step all together.