in my program i use a menu - to get the value for the menu i use getch();, after this i use cin<< to get data from the user, the only problem is the charcter left over form the getch is in the space to type data, i have tried lots of ways but cannot get rid of it - any ideas?
Monday - what a way to spend a seventh of your life
Hi,
hmm memset() maybe?
bye
cody
#include "reallife.h"
whats memset, i though that was something to do with memory allocation? how do i use that?
Monday - what a way to spend a seventh of your life
After you use the value from getch, call cin.ignore(). That will clear the input stream buffer so that you can read another value.
pointer = NULL
If you KNOW there is only one char left in the buffer then use the syntax:
cin.ignore();
which uses the default partameters of 1 and newline char respectively. Otherwise, you can adjust at your discretion using the prototype:
cin.ignore(int numberOfCharToIgnore, char terminatingChar);
