Thread: deleting a space from a string

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    deleting a space from a string

    say I have this code.

    Code:
    #include <iostream.h>
    #include <conio.h>
    #include <cstring.h>
    
    main()
    {
    
        string input;
    
        cin>>input;
    }
    im writing to a database so if someone inputs a space, it will get screwed up.

    This is what i people usually will input:

    SMITH,JOHN << lastname comma firstname

    If they input:

    SMITH, JOHN << lastname comma space firstname

    The question is, can i delete the space from the input, so i have only the first example. All code i do needs to be in cstring.h. Any examples is appreciated.

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    Try this instead of the call to cin's >> operator:

    getline ( cin, input );

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    Just a few corrections.

    Code:
    #include <iostream.h> //iostream, no .h
    #include <conio.h>
    #include <cstring.h> //cstring, not .h
    
    using namespace std;
    
    main() //eek! use int main( ). main( ) is c.
    {
    
        string input;
    
        cin>>input;
    }
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    #include <cstring.h> //cstring, not .h

    actually if you take off the .h, you need to add an additional c at the begging as follows:

    #include <ccstring>

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    Really?

    Why is that? I thought that it was <cstring> for c++ and <string.h> for c.
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