Thread: Problem: the first letter in my strings are being truncated except the first string.

Ok, when I have problems I do try to search ebay, use the search function of the forums, so if I'm asking a often asked question, sorry I tried, alright on to the problem.


I'm writing a program to input user info/stats and output html, as a way to learn basic C++ coding and make something kinda usefull . I go through all the input, and when I check the HTML the first letter in all the places where a variable was, is "truncated" from the beginning by one character.

Here's the code (Also any input on how to display quotes other than << (char) 34 << would be appreciated ):

Code:

 
//---Header---//
#include <cstdlib>
#include <iostream>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <fstream>
//---End Header---//

//---Shortcuts---//
using namespace std;
//---End Shortcuts---//

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
    
     string NewPlayerName;
     string PlayerName;
     string FileName;
     string ProfilePicName;
     
     cout<<"New Player\n\n";
     cout<<"First/Last Name: ";
     cin.get();
     getline(cin , NewPlayerName , '\n');
     
     PlayerName = NewPlayerName;
     FileName = NewPlayerName += ".html";
     ofstream Playername( FileName.c_str() );
     //Where I would have loads of HTML
     cout<< NewPlayerName << "\n";
     cout<< FileName << "\n";
     
     cout<<"Profile Picture Name (Include the extension ex: .jpg): ";
     cin.get();
     getline(cin , ProfilePicName , '\n');
     cout<< ProfilePicName;
    
    
    Playername<< PlayerName << "," << FileName << "," << ProfilePicName << "\n"; 
    
    system("PAUSE");
    return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}

//That's better ;)

It might be better to come up with the smallest and simplest program that demonstrates this problem.

Also any input on how to display quotes other than << (char) 34 << would be appreciated

cout << "\"";

> Sorry, if its annoying to read because it extends too far off the screen.
1. Use multiple lines
2. You don't have to end a statement at newlines.

Code:

    Playername
        << "<td width=\"13%\"><div align=\"center\"><strong>"
        << "<font face=\"Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">Date</font></strong></div></td>\n"
        << "<td width=\"12%\"><div align=\"center\"><strong>"
        << "<font face=\"Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">Game</font></strong></div></td>\n"
        << "<td width=\"15%\"><div align=\"center\"><strong>"
        << "<font face=\"Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">Venue</font></strong></div></td>\n"
        << "<td width=\"18%\"><div align=\"center\"><strong>"
        << "<font face=\"Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">Finished</font></strong></div></td>\n"
        << "<td width=\"22%\"><div align=\"center\"><strong>"
        << "<font face=\"Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">Busted By</font></strong></div></td>\n";

You could even break it up even more, and make the indentation reflect the HTML nesting if you think it will help you write better HTML output (like matching all the begin/end tags).

Alright, I cut out all the un-neccesary code to the actual problem, so thats updated.

You could even break it up even more, and make the indentation reflect the HTML nesting if you think it will help you write better HTML output (like matching all the begin/end tags).

-I plan to go back through and do that, I agree it'd help in alot of ways.


oh btw, thanks for posting that Salem, I forgot you could do the:

Code:

Playername 
<< HTML
<< HTML
<< HTML etc. whatever this is called ;)

Well the get() before the getline() will truncate.
Stick to getline() for everything, then extract information. Trying to mix and match various input styles usually leads to grief.

> Have you guys been up all night? or early risers?
This is an international board - try not to be so US-centric.
It's midday here