cin a whole line ?

[Unregistered]

How do i cin a whole line ?

For example, if I type both firstname and lastname,
the following code doesn't work.

#include <iostream.h>
#include <stdio.h>

main()
{
	char name[20];

	cout << "Enter Name : ";
	cin >> name;

	cout << "Hello " << name;

	getchar();
}

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[ygfperson]

use cin.getline()

[Unregistered]

You can also declare "name" as a string variable, string variables can include whitespaces.


O.B.T.W....Don't forget to include the string.h header file.

[sean]

Yeah - your problem's stemming from the fact that cin stops reading in for each variable at whitespace.

[ammar]

Hi,
Your code should be the following:
#include <iostream.h>
#include <stdio.h>

main()
{
char name[20];

cout << "Enter Name : ";
cin.getline( name, 20 ); //there is another argument which is the terminating character usually '\n'

cout << "Hello " << name;

getchar();
}
Regards,
Ammar...