cin.get()

another cin. question but i was wondering exactly how this worked because on this code from the tutorial....

Code:

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#include <iostream>

using namespace std;

void playgame();
void loadgame();
void playmultiplayer();
       
int main()
{
  int input;
 
  cout<<"1. Play game\n";
  cout<<"2. Load game\n";
  cout<<"3. Play multiplayer\n";
  cout<<"4. Exit\n";
  cout<<"Selection: ";
  cin>> input;
  switch ( input ) {
  case 1:            // Note the colon, not a semicolon
    playgame();
    break;
  case 2:            // Note the colon, not a semicolon
    loadgame();
    break;
  case 3:            // Note the colon, not a semicolon
    playmultiplayer();
    break;
  case 4:            // Note the colon, not a semicolon
    cout<<"Thank you for playing!\n";
    break;
  default:            // Note the colon, not a semicolon
    cout<<"Error, bad input, quitting\n";
    break;
  }
  cin.get();
}

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...I have to put in cin.get inbetween cout<< and break inorder for it to work (yes i know the methods are undifined but in my actual code i made it a funcional program)

Just put a cin.ignore() after the "cin >>" statement. It leaves a newline in the buffer which you have to remove before the final cin.get(), which is why it's been closing on you.