Thread: Problems using while loop with cin.get()

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    Problems using while loop with cin.get()

    Hi friends;

    I am tring to write a program in which I have to enter different kind of input conataining integers and characters. Each input is then checked for correct spelling and correct formatting. I am using cin.get() to store the input. Everything is working just fine. It is over 500 lines long program. The problem is that each time I want to enter new input, I have to start program again. While loop does not seem to work here. What I want is that each time I am finished entering one input, I should have the choice to enter n to terminate program. If I use gets() instead of cin.get, then while loop works fine but then input gets stored incorrectly. I hope I have made my problem clear. Can ANYONE here help?

    This is a grossly cut-down version of the program.


    #include <iostream.h>
    #include <conio.h>
    #include <dos.h>
    #include <stdlib.h>
    #include <string.h>
    #include <stdio.h>
    #include <ctype.h>

    int main()
    {

    clrscr();
    char String[35];
    char ans = 'y';

    while ( ans != 'n') {
    clrscr();
    cout << "Enter text:";
    cin.get(String, 35);
    //gets(String);
    cout << "\nYou entered: " << String;
    cout << "\n\n\nEnter more text. Enter n if you want to terminate.";
    cin >> ans;


    } // end while loop


    return 0;
    }
    arj

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    C'mon, use the code tags already!

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    Hello,

    The function cin.get() was designed to extract unformatted data from stream. Though, the function gets() gets a string from stdin.

    These two function have there instances, but none alike. I would recommend using cin.getline(). getline() gets a line from stream. It also extracts characters from the stream and stores them into successive locations in the array pointed by s. Learn more about this function by clicking the highlighted link above.


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    Hi Stack Overflow

    Thanks for the tip. I tried using cin.getline(). Unfortunately that did not make any difference either. While loop does work properly with cin.get() or cin.getline(). If I enter n to terminated the program, the program does get terminated, but in case I want to continue adding more text, I am unable to do that. Thaks for the tip anyway.

    Arooj
    arj

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    Search the boards and you will find many answers since this a common problem. Your leaving the '\n' in the buffer you need to ignore any characters after you type y to continue.
    Code:
    cin.ignore(std::numeric_limits<streamsize>::max(),'\n'); will ignore all characters in the stream
    [edit]
    As a side note you should use the standard headers As you will no doubt be told countless times if you post code iostream.h etc isn't standard <iostream> is.
    Last edited by manofsteel972; 11-28-2004 at 02:05 AM.
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