Thread: Clearing Buffer

ok im trying to write a program using 2 Char Arrays of about size 10, and i want the first to be a users first name and the 2nd to be their last

once they enter both first and last i want it to desplay like this:

BUCKET #0 = A
BUCKET #1 = N
BUCKET #2 = D
BUCKET #3 = Y

BUCKET #0 = B
BUCKET #1 = O
BUCKET #2 = M
BUCKET #3 = S
BUCKET #4 = T
BUCKET #5 = A
BUCKET #6 = D

i do NOT want it to show up like this :

BUCKET #0 = A
BUCKET #1 = N
BUCKET #2 = D
BUCKET #3 = Y
BUCKET #4 =
BUCKET #5 =
BUCKET #6 =
BUCKET #7 =
BUCKET #8 =
BUCKET #9 =

BUCKET #0 = B
BUCKET #1 = O
BUCKET #2 = M
BUCKET #3 = S
BUCKET #4 = T
BUCKET #5 = A
BUCKET #6 = D
BUCKET #7 =
BUCKET #8 =
BUCKET #9 =


the following code will display this :

BUCKET #0 = A
BUCKET #1 = N
BUCKET #2 = D
BUCKET #3 = Y
BUCKET #4 =
BUCKET #5 =
BUCKET #6 =
BUCKET #7 =
BUCKET #8 =
BUCKET #9 =
press any key to continue....

And Nothing more, it doesnt even show the last name....

Code:

#include<iostream>
using namespace std;

int main()
{
    char first[10];
    char last[10];
    int i = 0 ;
    cout<<"Please Enter Your First Name: ";
    cin>>first;
    cout<<"Please Enter Your Last Name: ";
    cin>>last;
    while(i <= 9)
    {
            
            cout<<endl<<"Bucket #"<<i<<" = "<<first[i]<<endl;
            i++;
    }
    while(i <= 9)
    {
            
            cout<<endl<<"Bucket #"<<i<<" = "<<last[i]<<endl;
            i++;              
    }
    system("pause");
}

and i know its somthing with the input buffer or checking to see if it found the EOF, but i dont know how to go about doing this