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Hello!

I just started using c++ and I have a problem with an exercise that I am working on.

What I have to do is to read in two words separated by a space inputted by the user into two variables. Also, I need to check how many words the user has entered.

For example:

Let's say the two string variables are word1 and word2;

>a b

I need word1 = a and word2 = b

I have tried using cin << word1 << word1; and it works for two variables.

However, the user might only input 1 word and so I need to detect it.

My question is: Is there a way to detect the number of words the user has inputted?

Thanks a lot!

You can use cin.getline() to load whatever the user enters into a string variable then parse the string variable to detect/count spaces. Based on the number of spaces you can determine the number of words and then input what you need into the proper variables.

Thanks,

in my code, i have this:

.....

string strLine;

cin.getLine(strLine, 10);

but there is a big error:
main.cc: In function `int main(int, char **)':
main.cc:38: no matching function for call to `_IO_istream_withassign::getline (s
tring &, int)'
/.software/arch/gcc-2.95.2/distribution/lib/gcc-lib/sparc-sun-solaris2.8/2.95.2/
../../../../include/g++-3/iostream.h:129: candidates are: class istream & istrea
m::getline(char *, int, char = '\n')
/.software/arch/gcc-2.95.2/distribution/lib/gcc-lib/sparc-sun-solaris2.8/2.95.2/
../../../../include/g++-3/iostream.h:131: class istream & istrea
m::getline(unsigned char *, int, char = '\n')
/.software/arch/gcc-2.95.2/distribution/lib/gcc-lib/sparc-sun-solaris2.8/2.95.2/
../../../../include/g++-3/iostream.h:136: class istream & istrea
m::getline(signed char *, int, char = '\n')


and then i tried using different numbers......but it still throwing the same error.

Is there something wrong with my code?