Thread: First Program

Originally Posted by $watto

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Please could you explain a bit more about why cin.ignore() was required and cin.get() didn't work because i dont understand where i had the newline character in the input stream or what it causes

cin >> letter just pulls one character from cin. But you have to actually type a character and a newline to get anything from cin. The newline stays in the buffer. if you call cin.get() afterwards there is still that newline in the buffer and that will get returned. So it looks like it has no effect.
SlyMaelstrom has put a cin.ignore() after the cin >> letter. this kind of empties the buffer so cin.get() will wait for some more input.
Kurt

Originally Posted by SirCrono6

Just a quick note:

Code:

convert = static_cast<int>( letter );

is usually used with C++, whereas ( int )letter is a C-Style cast.

- SirCrono6

It should be pointed out here that a cast is not needed in the case of chars and ints

Code:

int main()
{
    char in='\0';
    int out=0;
    cin >> in;
    out=in;
    cout << out << endl;
    return 0;
}