cin.getline, help

I've made this code for a simple test quiz program, it's inside an if statement:

Code:

            cout<<"What is Bush's firstname?\n\n";
            cout<<"Answer: ";

            cin.getline(string, 1000, '\n');
    
            if (!strcmp("george", string) || !strcmp("George", string) || !strcmp("GEORGE", string))
            {
                cout<<"Correct!\n\n";
            }
            else
            {
                cout<<"WRONG!\n\n";
            }

but when i get to the point where you are to input, then it skips it and goes right to the "else" part (because "nothing" is a wrong answer)

I can't figure out what is wrong... plz help

Code:

cin >> string;

? any help

I'm not very good with cin, but from previous threads I've read, it has to do with the stream containing characters already. Try using cin.ignore(80). I am probably wrong though.

Code:

int string[1000];

that's the name of the var, it hasn't been used before in the script (first question).

Originally Posted by bennyandthejets

I'm not very good with cin, but from previous threads I've read, it has to do with the stream containing characters already. Try using cin.ignore(80). I am probably wrong though.

The chances of your being right are high, but using a constant for cin.ignore() is dicey. A better way, if more obscure, is to use numeric_limits on the streamsize type:

Code:

#include <limits>

cin.ignore(numeric_limits<streamsize>::max(), '\n');

well here's your working code in beginners lanuage which you should be able to make sense of (albeit slightly modified)

Code:

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

int main() {
//declare your variable
   char s[100];  

   cout << "What is Bush's firstname?\n\nAnswer: ";
//push input into variable
   cin.getline(s, 100, '\n');
//run a loop to change any uppercase chars to lower
   for (int i=0; i<100; i++) {
      s[i] = tolower(s[i]);
   }
//run your comparison
   if (!strcmp("george", s)) {
       cout<<"Correct!\n\n";
   } else {
       cout<<"WRONG!\n\n";
   }

   system("PAUSE");
   return 0;
}

hope that helps