strings.. help please

At school I am taking a c++ class, and in school we use codewarrior for the mac. At home tho I use Dev c++ (much better than codewarrior).
My problem occurs when I try to input to strings right after each other:

cout << "\nPlayer 1, please enter your name: ";
gets(player_1);

cout << "\nPlayer 2, please enter your name: ";
gets(player_2);

cout << endl << player_1 << " you are X\n";
cout << endl << player_2 << " you are O\n\n";

In codewarrior this works fine, but in dev c++ the output looks like this:

Player 1, please enter your name:
Player 2, please enter your name: joe

you are X

joe you are O

Press any key to continue . . .

it skips inputting the first players name, any body know why? I really appreciate any help... got to finish this by monday

Are you allowed to use the STRING type?

Code:

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#include <string>

string abc="hello!";

cin >> abc;

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i'm using the following headers:

#include <iostream>
#include <iomanip>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <windows.h>

I tried adding <string>, but it didnt do a thing

If Dev-C++ doesn't do what you want, why is it better than codewarrior?

Please post your whole entire code so we can see if there is a problem with it.





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Originally posted by help_me
At school I am taking a c++ class, and in school we use codewarrior for the mac. At home tho I use Dev c++ (much better than codewarrior).
My problem occurs when I try to input to strings right after each other:

cout << "\nPlayer 1, please enter your name: ";
gets(player_1);

cout << "\nPlayer 2, please enter your name: ";
gets(player_2);

cout << endl << player_1 << " you are X\n";
cout << endl << player_2 << " you are O\n\n";

In codewarrior this works fine, but in dev c++ the output looks like this:

Player 1, please enter your name:
Player 2, please enter your name: joe

you are X

joe you are O

Press any key to continue . . .

it skips inputting the first players name, any body know why? I really appreciate any help... got to finish this by m
onday

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If you're studying C++, why not try using some functions from the C++ standard library?.

Code:

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#include <string>

// ...

std::string player[2];
cout << "Player 1, enter your name: ";
std::getline(std::cin, player[0]);
cout << "\nPlayer 2, enter your name: ";
std::getline(std::cin, player[1]);

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Quote:

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Originally posted by help_me
At school I am taking a c++ class, and in school we use codewarrior for the mac. At home tho I use Dev c++ (much better than codewarrior).
My problem occurs when I try to input to strings right after each other:

cout << "\nPlayer 1, please enter your name: ";
gets(player_1);

cout << "\nPlayer 2, please enter your name: ";
gets(player_2);

cout << endl << player_1 << " you are X\n";
cout << endl << player_2 << " you are O\n\n";

In codewarrior this works fine, but in dev c++ the output looks like this:

Player 1, please enter your name:
Player 2, please enter your name: joe

you are X

joe you are O

Press any key to continue . . .

it skips inputting the first players name, any body know why? I really appreciate any help... got to finish this by monday

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use getline(cin, stringVariable);

rather than gets

thanx i figured it out
if i use

cin.getline(player_1, 25, '\n');

then it works

thanx for hte help,
Achilles

p.s - the reason i didnt post my entire code is because it is part of a 6 page program ; )