Thread: Need some help

Hi, I'm trying to make a simple program that will take a command and run that system command, but am having a little trouble. Here's my code:

Code:

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
int main()
{
    string command;
    cout << "Please enter a system command: \n";
    cin >> command;
    system(command);
    system("Pause");
    return 0;
}

Does anyone know why this isn't working?

Obviously this is wrong:

Code:

#include <iostream>
#include <string>
using namespace std;
int main()
{
    std::string command;
    cout << "Please enter a system command: \n";
    cin >> command.c_str();
    system(command.c_str());
    system("Pause");
    return 0;
}

Again, I donno what I'm doing wrong. Sorry, I'm a complete noob but I am doing research before asking for help

Code:

    cin >> command;
    system(command.c_str());

Originally Posted by vart

cin >> will stop reading input on the first white space
if command includes parameters - you have to use getline to read it whole

Ah, thanks. I was wondering why it was acting 'funny'. Thanks.