Thread: Variables? Intergers.

You can use arrays of char to act as a string of characters:

Code:

 #include <iostream.h>
int
main() 
{ 
  char you[50];
  cout<<"how are you?";
  cin>>you;
  cout<<"You are:"<<you;
  cin.get();
  cin.get();
  return 0; 
}

For responses with more than one word, cin>> won't get it all. In that case you need cin.getline():

Code:

 #include <iostream.h>
int
main() 
{ 
  char you[50]
  cout<<"how are you?";
  cin.getline(you, 50);
  cout<<"You are:"<<you;
  cin.get();
  cin.get();
  return 0; 
}

And if your compiler is new enough, C++ style strings are preferable to C style strings:

Code:

#include <iostream>
#include <string>

using namespace std;

int
main() 
{ 
  string you;
  cout<<"how are you?";
  getline(cin, you);
  cout<<"You are:"<<you;
  cin.get();
  cin.get();
  return 0; 
}