Thread: Problem With std::getline And C++

Hi,
I find there is a slight inconvenience with the std::getline function in C++. Here is an example:

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#include <iostream>
using std::cin;
using std::cout;
using std::endl;
using std::getline;

#include <string>
using std::string;

int main()
{
string strTemp;

cout << "Enter a sentence: ";
getline(cin, strTemp);

cout << "\nYou entered: "
<< strTemp << endl;

return 0;
}

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If you run the code above, and hopefully I did not leave anything out, out will find that after you entered a sentence and press Enter, the "cursor" will go to the next line, but the program does not move onto "You have entered: " until you press Enter the second time. In other words, I have had problems with the getline function in term of having to press Enter twice to get it to move onto the next algorithm.

I have tried for example:

getline(cin, strTemp, '\n');

It has the same effect.

Is there a way to get around having to press Enter twice?

Thanks,
Kuphryn

I am using VC++ 6 under XP.

Kuphryn

Interesting. Thanks.

I looked in string.h, but I could not find the line that article mentioned.

Kuphryn

Oh oh! Thanks!

It works great.

Thanks again.

Kuphryn

P.S. VC++ 6 is beginning to look pretty BAD for me.