Printing more than one cin>> statements

How does one get more than one *cin >>* statements to write out on the same line?
I want it written as

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"x  x  x  x  MB x"

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instead of:

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x
x
x
x
MB
x

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Also, how do I have someone respond to a *cin >>* statement without having to press enter? I know that it has to do
with the creation of fields, but I can't find anything on-line to explain it. At present my code is:

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int aa = 0, bb = 0, cc = 0, dd = 0, ee = 0;

cout << endl << endl;

cout << "Please enter last week's 4 winning numbers" << endl;
cout << "and don't froget to press enter after each one." << endl << endl;

cin >> aa >> bb >> cc >> dd;

cout << endl << endl;
cout << " Please enter last week's winning MB number" << endl << endl;
cin >> ee;
cin.get();

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Originally Posted by Therry

How does one get more than one *cin >>* statements to write out on the same line?

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That is kind of like saying: "how does one write a novel by reading it?" ;)

Anyway, you can enter that entire line, and it will be read.

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Originally Posted by Therry

Also, how do I have someone respond to a *cin >>* statement without having to press enter?

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Generally, this is not possible with standard input. However, you may be able to use non-standard libraries to achieve this, e.g., stuff from <conio.h> or ncurses.

There seems to be a misunderstand here. I did not ask how to read the statement into code. I already coded the statement.

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cin >> aa >> bb >> cc >> dd;

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in my program and it worked just fine. I asked how its output can be printed on the same line instead of having a '/n' for each '>>' in the output. I want the output of the statement to be in the form of ' x x x x MB x ' Right now the output seems to automatically place a '/n' between each 'x'

As far as the reply to the second part of my question, thanks. I'll try to look it up.

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Originally Posted by Therry

I asked how its output can be printed on the same line instead of having a '/n' for each '>>' in the output. I want the output of the statement to be in the form of ' x x x x MB x ' Right now the output seems to automatically place a '/n' between each 'x'

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I don't see you printing those as output. In any case, the answer to your question is simple: if you don't want to print a new line, don't print a new line.

The reason why I told you that you can enter the entire line and it will be read is that you printed instructions stating "don't froget to press enter after each one". The truth is, not doing so is fine, because in either case the space or the new line will be skipped.

Independent of the instruction, if I code

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cin >> aa >> bb >> cc >> dd;

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It is the same as

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cin >> aa;
cin >> bb;
cin >> cc;
cin >> dd;

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The output of both codes will be:

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x
x
x
x

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This is not what I want. I want the output of the code to be in the form of:

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x x x x

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When I respond to the first part of the *cin>>* statement by entering a number, the computer will just sit there doing nothing until I press enter, then it will print the second part of the *cin >>* on a new line. That is the point. I do not want that new line. I want the second part of the *cin >>* output on the same line as was the first part of the *cin >>* statement.

You miss the point that the standard input is ( always? ) line-buffered, meaning that no new data is passed to the program until the user has done inputting the whole line. Now, what you're saying doesn't stand because :

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cin >> aa >> bb >> cc >> dd;

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is exactly the same as:

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cin >> aa;
cin >> bb;
cin >> cc;
cin >> dd;

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For this particular code, it doesn't matter whether you input your values like this:

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11
22
33
44

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or this:

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11 22 33 44

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Sorry, but it is you who have missed the point of my question. I know that the standard way of a cin is always with a new line. What I'm asking is there a way to override the '/n' in the output by placing spaces or tab between outputs instead of '/n', so the output will appear as * x x x x * with spaces or tabs between the 'x' when you press enter, instead of:
x
x
x
x

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Originally Posted by Therry

Sorry, but it is you who have missed the point of my question. I know that the standard way of a cin is always with a new line. What I'm asking is there a way to override the '/n' in the output by placing spaces or tab between outputs instead of '/n', so the output will appear as * x x x x * with spaces or tabs between the 'x' when you press enter, instead of:
x
x
x
x

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Have you actually tried this ?
The strings should not contain newlines, unless you put them manually.
So the output should be in the same line unless you pass newlines, std::flush or std::endl to std::cout.

If you really want to make sure that input is on one line I would actually stop using cin >>. Something like
std::getline(cin, aString);
will grab a line of input. Then you have to parse aString to get your information out of it. See FAQ > Convert a string to a int (C++) - Cprogramming.com for an example.

If users tried to do:

aa
bb
cc
dd


They wouldn't even get that far. But what would you do? One idea is to actually keep reading, like cin >> would do (this is flexible and friendly), but you would have to safely fail and prompt the user again for input.

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Originally Posted by Therry

Sorry, but it is you who have missed the point of my question. I know that the standard way of a cin is always with a new line. What I'm asking is there a way to override the '/n' in the output by placing spaces or tab between outputs instead of '/n', so the output will appear as * x x x x * with spaces or tabs between the 'x' when you press enter, instead of:
x
x
x
x

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Are you trying to say ?

What I'm asking is there a way to override the '\n' in the input by placing spaces or tab between inputs instead of '\n', so the input will appear as * x x x x * with spaces or tabs between the 'x' when you press enter, instead of: ...
Kurt

Sorry guys, I got the answer that I was looking for. Instead of pressing return after each >> just use a space until the last input like:

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x [space] x [space] x [space] x {enter]

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and it will print x x x x, just what I wanted. thanks for all your help.

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Originally Posted by Therry

Sorry guys, I got the answer that I was looking for. Instead of pressing return after each >> just use a space until the last input like:

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x [space] x [space] x [space] x {enter]

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and it will print x x x x, just what I wanted. thanks for all your help.

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Yet your code above is not safe.
Using spaces may work in your current context, but may fail later on when you try to use it in a different project. Say for file I/O as an example.

You should study the use of getline thoroughly. It can be a powerful asset with input and file I/O.

In your situation you should take the input as a single line as you have with getline.
i.e.

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getline( std::ifstream, std::string, Delimiter Character );

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then parse the input in a function

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// Eynhallow.cpp : Defines the entry point for the console application.
//
#include "stdafx.h"
#include <string>
#include <iostream>
std::string FormatString(const std::string& Src)
{
 std::string ret_val;
 std::string::const_iterator it = Src.begin();
 while ( it != Src.end() )
 {
  /* With this switch statement you can add other characters that you want removed from your strings */
  switch ( (int)(*it) )
  {
  case '\n':
  break;
  default:
  ret_val += (*it);
  break;g
  }
  ++it;
 }
 return ret_val;
}
int main(int argc, char* argv[])
{

 /* Get Input from user */
 std::string original;
 std::getline(std::cin, original, '\n');

 /* Make a formatted string from the original */
 std::string Test = FormatString(original);

 std::cout << "Original String: " << original << '\n';
 std::cout << "FormatString(): " << FormatString(original) << std::endl;
 cin.get();
 return 0;
}

　


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Originally Posted by Therry

Sorry guys, I got the answer that I was looking for. Instead of pressing return after each >> just use a space until the last input like:

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x [space] x [space] x [space] x {enter]

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and it will print x x x x, just what I wanted. thanks for all your help.

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In other words the answer was in the first response:

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Anyway, you can enter that entire line, and it will be read.

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