This might be a stupid question, but is there a way to get a program to wait for enter before every string besides doing this?:
thanks.Code:cout << "this "; cin.get(); cout << "is "; cin.get(); cout << "pretty "; cin.get(); cout << "sloppy "; cin.get(); cout << "isn't "; cin.get(); cout << "it?"; cin.get();
What's wrong with the way you've done it?
I can't think of a better way (or see what's wrong with that way).
If you tell us exactly what you're trying to accomplish you might get a more useful answer.
Make a preprocessor macro for it, or a function to wrap it up neatly if you'd rather do that.
When you have repetition, you should either be using a loop, or a function:
Loop:Function:Code:const char *strs[] = {"this ", "is ", "pretty ", "cool ", "isn't ", "it!"}; for (int i=0; i<sizeof(strs)/sizeof(strs[0]); ++i) { cout << strs[i]; cin.get(); }Code:void outputAndWait(const char *str) { cout << str; cin.get(); } // elsewhere... outputAndWait("this "); outputAndWait("is "); outputAndWait("pretty "); outputAndWait("cool "); outputAndWait("isn't "); outputAndWait("it!");
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Linus Torvalds: "But it clearly is the only right way. The fact that everybody else does it some other way only means that they are wrong"
@Ooga One reason: neat code =
@Epy That's a great idea, but I only know enough C++ to ask where the bathroom is.
@iMalc I obviously could, but it would cut off some of iostream's built in convenience.
To make things clearer, I would like to find a code that works the same as my code, but without the cin.get() each line, if that's possible.
How does iMalc's suggestion do that? If you don't want to use flow control structures or functions, then you basically have to do it the way you already did.Originally Posted by GigaRoid
iMalc's suggestions arethe way to go. Since the issue can be solved with a function, there is no reason to consider a macro.
It is too clear and so it is hard to see.
A dunce once searched for fire with a lighted lantern.
Had he known what fire was,
He could have cooked his rice much sooner.
Okay, the only reason I said that is for the whole "<< " thing. But I geuss I'm not making super complex programs yet, so that works. Thanks.
Apparently that messes things up in my program. Any other way?
"For every error, there is something wrong with the method, or something wrong the information. If not you just screwed up."
Considering that's exactly the same as your original code, the other way would be to fix whatever uninitialized variable/buffer overflow is causing your bug in the first place.
You could go with C++11 version of the loop ...looking much more simplistic.
Code:for(auto x:{"You","Shall","Not","Pass" }) { cout<<x; cin.get(); }
another possibility might be something like this:
then you could call it like so:Code:#include <iostream> #include <sstream> #include <string> std::ostream& IstreamGetAfterEachWord(std::ostream& os, std::istream& is, std::stringstream ss) { std::string word; while (std::getline(ss, word, ' ')) { os << word; is.get(); } return os; }
Code:int main(void) { std::cout << IstreamGetAfterEachWord(std::cout, std::cin, "this is pretty cool isn't it!") << std::endl; return 0; }
@manasijamizich: That concept would work best in some sort of game loop. Which is what I'm considering..
@Elkvis: As was said before, I'm a C++ noob, so I don't really want to go running around with code I haven't learned yet, I could poke someone's eye out!
So I was thinking of making some sort of game loop that it goes through each line. This might solve the problem. I'm just wondering if there's a simpler way of going line by line in a loop than assigning specific #'s to each of the lines that it goes through by incrementing a variable every cycle... is there?
"For every error, there is something wrong with the method, or something wrong the information. If not you just screwed up."
