Thread: getline problem

  1. #1
    Steph
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    Unhappy getline problem

    Is there anyone here that will know why I have to press return twice to get the users input. Using '\n' as third parameter has made know difference. Example code below.

    const int MAX_BUFFER=255;

    int main()
    {
    char Buffer[MAX_BUFFER];

    cout << "Please enter your name: ";
    cin.getline(Name,MAX_BUFFER);

    cout << "Your name is " << Name;

    return 0;
    }

  2. #2
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    This works fine for me, hit enter after typing and it processes
    Code:
    #include <iostream.h>
    
    const int MAX_BUFFER = 255; 
    
    int main() 
    { 
      char Buffer[MAX_BUFFER]; 
    
      cout << "Please enter your name: "; 
      cin.getline( Buffer, MAX_BUFFER ); 
    
      cout << "Your name is " << Buffer << endl; 
    
      return 0; 
    }

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    I have had a similar problem. Unfortunately I still dunno why it happened. Check out my battleship game on the Game Programming board... When you get on the recent scores (not high scores... shut up, i had like 10 minutes left in class and it was my final due that day and needed something with files) it asks you for your name twice and puts it in the file twice.
    "No! I must have my delicious cupcakes, my sweet cakey treasures, piping hot from their 40 watt WOMB!!!"
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    Re: getline problem

    Originally posted by Steph
    Is there anyone here that will know why I have to press return twice to get the users input. Using '\n' as third parameter has made know difference. Example code below.

    const int MAX_BUFFER=255;

    int main()
    {
    char Buffer[MAX_BUFFER];

    cout << "Please enter your name: ";
    cin.getline(Name,MAX_BUFFER);

    cout << "Your name is " << Name;

    return 0;
    }
    using getline should work fine, but I know that there are some instances where is seems buggy. You can try the following:
    cin.getline(Name,MAX_BUFFER, '\n');//I found that using the delimeter can help. also, you might want to try the get function. The get function is similar but it leaves the delimeter in the buffer, where get lines extracts it from the buffer. If you are using get, you might need to chase it with an ignore function.

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    stephs code is wrong.
    unregistereds code is correct.
    Free the weed!! Class B to class C is not good enough!!
    And the FAQ is here :- http://faq.cprogramming.com/cgi-bin/smartfaq.cgi

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    Try flushing the stdout buffer with a << endl; in your output.

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    Ive had that happen to me before (thats one of the reasons i dont use any of the iostream classes anymore). I isolated the problem, but alas, its been so long I have forgotten. I think it has something to do with mixing calls between cin and getline. I think i cleared up the problem by sticking to one or the other, or preceeding the getline call with a call to ignore.

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    Much older and wiser Fountain's Avatar
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    sorry, using borland 5 proffesional I had to press enter twice, and i tried all the answers you were given
    Such is life.

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