Help....

[Unregistered]

i have a hello program that asks for your name and the says hello then the name you input

#include <iostream.h>
#include <string>

int main ()
{

char name;
cout << "Enter your name : ";
cin >> name;



//print out the text string "Hello";

cout << "Hello \a" << name;


return 0;

}

but instead of giving the whole name inputted it gives just the first letter

so it looks like this
c:\ > hello.exe
Enter your name : Joe
Hello J

why is this?

[iain]

char only specifies 1 character,
so it gets the first character as that is the only space you have specified.
To get the whole name you need to use an array

eg:

char name[12];
cout<<"Enter you name?";
cin>>name;
cout<<"Hello "<<name;
getch();



hth