cin.get() every line?

This might be a stupid question, but is there a way to get a program to wait for enter before every string besides doing this?:

Code:

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cout << "this "; cin.get();
cout << "is "; cin.get();
cout << "pretty "; cin.get();
cout << "sloppy "; cin.get();
cout << "isn't "; cin.get();
cout << "it?"; cin.get();

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thanks.

What's wrong with the way you've done it?
I can't think of a better way (or see what's wrong with that way).
If you tell us exactly what you're trying to accomplish you might get a more useful answer.

Make a preprocessor macro for it, or a function to wrap it up neatly if you'd rather do that.

When you have repetition, you should either be using a loop, or a function:

Loop:

Code:

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const char *strs[] = {"this ", "is ", "pretty ", "cool ", "isn't ", "it!"};
for (int i=0; i<sizeof(strs)/sizeof(strs[0]); ++i) {
    cout << strs[i];
    cin.get();
}

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Function:

Code:

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void outputAndWait(const char *str) {
    cout << str;
    cin.get();
}

// elsewhere...
outputAndWait("this ");
outputAndWait("is ");
outputAndWait("pretty ");
outputAndWait("cool ");
outputAndWait("isn't ");
outputAndWait("it!");

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@Ooga One reason: neat code = :)
@Epy That's a great idea, but I only know enough C++ to ask where the bathroom is.
@iMalc I obviously could, but it would cut off some of iostream's built in convenience.

To make things clearer, I would like to find a code that works the same as my code, but without the cin.get() each line, if that's possible.

Quote:

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Originally Posted by GigaRoid

@iMalc I obviously could, but it would cut off some of iostream's built in convenience.

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How does iMalc's suggestion do that? If you don't want to use flow control structures or functions, then you basically have to do it the way you already did.

iMalc's suggestions arethe way to go. Since the issue can be solved with a function, there is no reason to consider a macro.

Okay, the only reason I said that is for the whole "<< " thing. But I geuss I'm not making super complex programs yet, so that works. Thanks.

Apparently that messes things up in my program. Any other way?

Considering that's exactly the same as your original code, the other way would be to fix whatever uninitialized variable/buffer overflow is causing your bug in the first place.

You could go with C++11 version of the loop ...looking much more simplistic.

Code:

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        for(auto x:{"You","Shall","Not","Pass" })
        {
                cout<<x;
                cin.get();
        }

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another possibility might be something like this:

Code:

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#include <iostream>
#include <sstream>
#include <string>

std::ostream& IstreamGetAfterEachWord(std::ostream& os, std::istream& is, std::stringstream ss)
{
  std::string word;
  while (std::getline(ss, word, ' '))
  {
    os << word;
    is.get();
  }
  return os;
}

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then you could call it like so:

Code:

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int main(void)
{
  std::cout << IstreamGetAfterEachWord(std::cout, std::cin, "this is pretty cool isn't it!") << std::endl;
  return 0;
}

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@manasijamizich: That concept would work best in some sort of game loop. Which is what I'm considering..
@Elkvis: As was said before, I'm a C++ noob, so I don't really want to go running around with code I haven't learned yet, I could poke someone's eye out!

So I was thinking of making some sort of game loop that it goes through each line. This might solve the problem. I'm just wondering if there's a simpler way of going line by line in a loop than assigning specific #'s to each of the lines that it goes through by incrementing a variable every cycle... is there?