make user press enter / wierd code thingy

hello,

yesterday, i thought i'd have a "bash" at programming. so here i am.
after reading some tutorials - i thought i'd have a go myself, after some problems with flashing screens .ect (which i fixed by searching the forums) i'm now stuck.

what i would like help with, if you would be so kind, is:

i would like to make the user hit the enter key, before the next line is printed/displayed - as it all comes at once

i would also like to know why, when i run my little ditty, it give me a wierd little code thing

OK richie0x4433c4AKA CorvusVita

even though I'm not getting an error code in DEV-C++

heres the code - its pretty simple stuff

Code:

#include <iostream>

using namespace std;

int main()
{
    char thisisaname[20];       //dont forget the [20] bit idiot
    char secondname[20];

    cout<<"What is your name? ";
    cin>> thisisaname;
    cout<<"Hello "<< thisisaname <<"\n";
    cout<<"Right that's about it for now"<<"\n";
    cout<<"OH! befor you go..."<<"\n";
    cout<<"what's your forum tag?";
    cin>> secondname;
    cin.ignore();
    cout<<"OK "<< thisisaname << cout<<"AKA "<< secondname <<"\n";
    cout<<"I'll see you in the forums";
    cin.get();
}

i would like to make the user hit the enter key, before the next line is printed/displayed - as it all comes at once

Doesnt that already happen?

The second cout here is rather out of place:

Code:

cout<<"OK "<< thisisaname << cout<<"AKA "<< secondname <<"\n";

Should something not be returned?

Originally Posted by laserlight

Doesnt that already happen?

no it just bangs all the information up at once
i mean all this come up at once

Code:

    cout<<"Right that's about it for now"<<"\n";
    cout<<"OH! befor you go..."<<"\n";
    cout<<"what's your forum tag?";

The second cout here is rather out of place:

Code:

cout<<"OK "<< thisisaname << cout<<"AKA "<< secondname <<"\n";

do you mean the space between
<< and cout

No, I mean the cout itself. You should just write:

Code:

cout << "OK " << thisisaname << "AKA " << secondname << "\n";

Should something not be returned?

The global main() function returns 0 if no return statement is encountered by the time control reaches its end.

You don't need the cout at all there.

As LaserLight says...it should be getting user input on the same line like you want.

Edit::looks like you got there before me!

thanks guys that sorted out the wierd code bit. silly me.

but i can t figure the enter thing

I'm new and i'm sticking to that excuse

but i can t figure the enter thing

Consider using cin.ignore().

Maybe if you print your screen and upload it to imageshack.

ahhhh....

thanks very much, i did have cin.ignore on one line earlier - butit didnt "seem" to do anything so i took it out.

works perfectly now.

Code:

#include <iostream>

using namespace std;

int main()
{
    char thisisaname[20];       //dont forget the [20] bit idiot
    char secondname[20];

    cout<<"What is your name? ";
    cin.ignore();
    cin>> thisisaname;
    cin.ignore();
    cout<<"Hello "<< thisisaname <<"\n";
    cin.ignore();
    cout<<"Right that's about it for now"<<"\n";
    cin.ignore();
    cout<<"OH! before you go..."<<"\n";
    cin.ignore();
    cout<<"what's your forum tag?";
    cin.ignore();
    cin>> secondname;
    cin.ignore();
    cout<<"OK "<< thisisaname << " AKA "<< secondname <<"\n";
    cin.ignore();
    cout<<"I'll see you in the forums";
    cin.get();
}

thanks again LaserLight
and Bumfluff also

I didnt actually do anything.