Getline fucntion

[rgmills]

Im trying to allow the user to type in a name that can have spaces like "First Last". When I use getline, it requires the user to hit return twice. For example, he/she types in the name and hits return to enter it, then has to hit it again, I have no idea why. Is there anyway to make it so that the user can just hit return once?

    string charactername;
	cout << "Please enter a name for your character: ";
	getline(cin,charactername);

I've tried simply

cin >> charactername;

but it messes up the entire program afterwards...

[prog-bman]

Visual C++ 6.0?
http://support.microsoft.com/default...;en-us;240015&

[7stud]

It's a bug in the compiler. You can fix it easily, but unfortunately the MSDN description doesn't tell you what file has the errror in it. I found it in:

C:\Program Files\C++Microsoft Visual Studio\VC98\Include\String

[Enahs]

http://www.dinkumware.com/vc_fixes.html