Thread: Quick help

I am trying to get a whole line from user and write into an array of char's

but it doesn't work.

what do i use?

i know 'cin' stops as soon as there is a space in the string..

i've tried:

Code:

getline(cin, variable);

// I GET AN ERROR^

Code:

/**************************************************  ****

    Get a whole line and write to an array
  
**************************************************  ****/


#include <iostream>
#include <string.h>
#include <math.h>
#include <ctype.h>

int print_out(char[],int);

using namespace std;

int main()
{
    char array[81];
    char write_array[81]; // the new array you wanna write to
    cin.getline(array,81);
    int size_of=strlen(array);
    
    for (int a=0; a<size_of; a++)
    {
        write_array[a]=array[a];
    }
        
    print_out(write_array,size_of);
     
    int stop;
    cin>>stop;
    
}


//Declare function print out
int print_out(char write_array[],int size_of)
{   
    cout<<"The array is:";
    for (int a=0; a<size_of; a++)
    {
        cout<<write_array[a];
    }
        
   
}

Originally Posted by mrafcho001

I am trying to get a whole line from user and write into an array of char's

but it doesn't work.

what do i use?

i know 'cin' stops as soon as there is a space in the string..

i've tried:

Code:

getline(cin, variable);

// I GET AN ERROR^

Have you actually declared 'variable' as an std::string or char array?

Lithorein Yes

I got it working.. i wasn't sure what it was..

cin.getline() works perfectly thanks