Thread: C++ cin.getline help

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    C++ cin.getline help

    This is part of my code and i'm stuck on the cin part i dont exactly remember how it went for arrays... i need to cin a name that contains whitespace but when i do that the program starts looping forever...or skips an entry. Now i remember its something like cin.getline() but i can't figure it out any help would be greatly appreciated thx!
    Code:
    #include <iostream>
    #include <string>
    #include <iomanip>
    
    using namespace std;
    
    const int MAX = 40;
    
    
    void bubbleID(int id[], int max);
    void bubbleName(string name[], int max);
    void dsply();
    
    
    int main()
    {
    	int id[40];
    	string name[40];
        char choice;
        bool running = true;
        int count = 0;
        
        while(running)
    	{
    		dsply();
            cin >> choice;
            
            switch(choice)
            {
                case 'A':
                case 'a':
                    cout <<"\n"<< count + 1 << ":\n\nEnter Student's CWID: ";
                    cin>>id[count];
                    cout << "\nEnter Student's Name: ";
                    cin>>name[count];
                    break;

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    do not use >> for entering strings with spaces - this operator stops on white space
    use getline for this purpose
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    except for the problem of too many layers of indirection.
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    Code:
    getline(cin,name[count++]);
    so like that right? but now that i put it in after i enter the number it just ends the program..

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    your >> operator leaves '\n' in the input stream

    that is read by getline

    use cin.ignore between using of operator >> and getline
    All problems in computer science can be solved by another level of indirection,
    except for the problem of too many layers of indirection.
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