Ok, I want to clear the input buffer of any data that is over the the size of my character array.
I have tried using cin.ignore() and cin.ignore(20, '\n' and cin.clear (though im not fully aware of how cin.clear()) works.
Is there anyway i can fix this or make it so crap after the my character array is thrown away?Code:cin.clear(); cin.ignore(20, '\n'); cin.get(); cout << cin.get() << endl;
THANK YOU !!!
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Why not use a std::string?
Code:std::string buffer; getline(cin, buffer);
But if you must use a char array, a clear() followed by an ignore() will work:
Code:cin.clear(); cin.ignore(80, '\n');
>though im not fully aware of how cin.clear()) works.
clear will reset the stream state flag. It doesn't extract any characters, but if the state is an error, clearing it will allow you to read from the stream again. This link goes into detail about how to flush the input stream buffer.
My best code is written with the delete key.
If you want to make sure you ignore all data in the buffer, you might consider a larger number than 20 or 80.That's a commonly used version that will pretty much discard everything in the input stream up to and including the newline. You need to #include <limits> for numeric_limits and <ios> for streamsize.Code:cin.ignore(numeric_limits<streamsize>::max(), '\n');
