Save long string of characters AND spaces

[irsmart]

How can I have a variable or string of, for example, "hello, how have you been today?" I used

#include <cstdlib>
#include <iostream>

using namespace std;

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
 
    system("color 02"); 
    cout<<"Hello World!\n";
    string test;
    cin>> test;
    cout<< test;
    system("PAUSE");
    return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}

to test this, but it always comes out with the string is only "hello" instead of "hello, how have you been today?"

Thanks.

[SlyMaelstrom]

First, don't use system() calls when you don't need to. The first system call can be replaced with routines written for your Operating System. The second can be replaced with

cin.ignore(); 
cin.get();

You're not including <string> which is where the string object is contained, you're lucky that your <iostream> implementation seems to include it.

Now your real problem is that you're trying to read the string with the >> operator. This operator stops on whitespace like a space, a tab, or a newline character. You're going to want to use the getline function provided by the <string> library.

[irsmart]

Thanks! it worked!