cin.getline, help

I've made this code for a simple test quiz program, it's inside an if statement:

Code:

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            cout<<"What is Bush's firstname?\n\n";
            cout<<"Answer: ";

            cin.getline(string, 1000, '\n');
   
            if (!strcmp("george", string) || !strcmp("George", string) || !strcmp("GEORGE", string))
            {
                cout<<"Correct!\n\n";
            }
            else
            {
                cout<<"WRONG!\n\n";
            }

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but when i get to the point where you are to input, then it skips it and goes right to the "else" part (because "nothing" is a wrong answer)

I can't figure out what is wrong... plz help

Code:

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cin >> string;

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? any help

I'm not very good with cin, but from previous threads I've read, it has to do with the stream containing characters already. Try using cin.ignore(80). I am probably wrong though.

Code:

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int string[1000];

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that's the name of the var, it hasn't been used before in the script (first question).

Quote:

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Originally Posted by bennyandthejets

I'm not very good with cin, but from previous threads I've read, it has to do with the stream containing characters already. Try using cin.ignore(80). I am probably wrong though.

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The chances of your being right are high, but using a constant for cin.ignore() is dicey. A better way, if more obscure, is to use numeric_limits on the streamsize type:

Code:

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#include <limits>

cin.ignore(numeric_limits<streamsize>::max(), '\n');

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well here's your working code in beginners lanuage which you should be able to make sense of :) (albeit slightly modified)

Code:

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#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

int main() {
//declare your variable
  char s[100]; 

  cout << "What is Bush's firstname?\n\nAnswer: ";
//push input into variable
  cin.getline(s, 100, '\n');
//run a loop to change any uppercase chars to lower
  for (int i=0; i<100; i++) {
      s[i] = tolower(s[i]);
  }
//run your comparison
  if (!strcmp("george", s)) {
      cout<<"Correct!\n\n";
  } else {
      cout<<"WRONG!\n\n";
  }

  system("PAUSE");
  return 0;
}

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hope that helps