Thread: My simple program is broken! D:

Hey all, I am trying to fix this so a string entered like "I like cake" will be displayed on separate lines such as:
I

L
I
K
E

C
A
K
E

I can't seem to get it to work. If I enter a space in the string then the output becomes gibberish, also I have to keep setting the defined limit of the string with the max variable....which is not good.

Can someone tell me what I am missing in this piece of code?

Code:

#include <iostream>
#include <string>
using namespace std;


int main()
{
    string input = "";
    int i = 0;
    int max = 10; //make loop not go on forever


    cout << "Enter in a string to separate!" << endl;
    cin >> input;


    for(i=0; i<=max; i++) //Take each char element in the array and display it on it's own line
    {
        cout << input[i] << endl;
    }


    cout << "End...";
    return 0;
}

Nice that solved the space problem, now what about not having to set a predetermined limit on the amount of characters the user can enter?

Originally Posted by logitechz

Nice that solved the space problem, now what about not having to set a predetermined limit on the amount of characters the user can enter?

Characters? .... well.. as standard I/O is line buffered, your only way would be to take all the characters and ignore those outside the limit.

Alright thx for all the help, looks like I need to get further along before I can do such things.