Save long string of characters AND spaces

How can I have a variable or string of, for example, "hello, how have you been today?" I used

Code:

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#include <cstdlib>
#include <iostream>

using namespace std;

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
 
    system("color 02");
    cout<<"Hello World!\n";
    string test;
    cin>> test;
    cout<< test;
    system("PAUSE");
    return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}

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to test this, but it always comes out with the string is only "hello" instead of "hello, how have you been today?"

Thanks.

First, don't use system() calls when you don't need to. The first system call can be replaced with routines written for your Operating System. The second can be replaced with

Code:

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cin.ignore();
cin.get();

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You're not including <string> which is where the string object is contained, you're lucky that your <iostream> implementation seems to include it.

Now your real problem is that you're trying to read the string with the >> operator. This operator stops on whitespace like a space, a tab, or a newline character. You're going to want to use the getline function provided by the <string> library.

Thanks! it worked!