Cin auto spliting why?

Well Im making a console based app with a bunch of tools for me to use, and right before I started getting it to check the commands I noticed it's treating string diffrently then I expected. If I type in "BLAH" it echos back "<<: !BLAH" as expected, but if I do "BLAH DUR" it echos back "<<: !BLAH <<: <<: !DUR". Instead of "<<:!BLAH DUR". It seems like its spliting automaticly where there is a space. Be warned, im not the best coder. Here's the code.

main.cpp

Code:

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#include <stdlib.h>
#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>
#include "textf.h"
#include "main.h"
using namespace std;
TEXTFUNC btext;

int main()
{       
        btext.init();
        return 0;
}

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textf.cpp

Code:

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#include <stdlib.h>
#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>
#include <string>
#include "textf.h"
using namespace std;

void TEXTFUNC::init()
{       
        //Assign <<: to harrow before its used
        harrow = "<<: ";
        startup();
}
void TEXTFUNC::startup()
{
        system ("cls");
        ban("Blade Tools By: Jonathan Bastnagel");
        getinput();
}
void TEXTFUNC::getinput()
{       
        string inputchar;
        ba("");
        cin>>inputchar;
        exec(inputchar);
}

void TEXTFUNC::exec(string execstring)
{

        ban("!" + execstring);
        //ban("Exec" + execstring.c_str());
        getinput();
}
void TEXTFUNC::ban(std::string textstring)
{
        cout<<harrow<<textstring<<"\n";
}
void TEXTFUNC::bn(std::string textstring)
{
        cout<<textstring<<"\n";
}
void TEXTFUNC::ba(std::string textstring)
{
        cout<<harrow<<textstring;
}
void TEXTFUNC::b(std::string textstring)
{
        cout<<textstring;
}

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main.h

Code:

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#ifndef MAIN_H
#define MAIN_H

class MAIN
{

public:

};

#endif

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textf.h

Code:

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#ifndef TEXTF_H
#define TEXTF_H

class TEXTFUNC
{

public:
                //Assigns default values to variables
        void init();
                //Starts up, shows about info
        void startup();
                //Grabs keyboard input, send's to exec to be checked, and executed
        void getinput();
                //Checks inputed characters, and does required functions
        void exec(std::string execstring);
                //Outputs text with <<: and new line
        void ban(std::string textstring);
                //Outputs text with <<:
        void ba(std::string textstring);
                //Outputs text with new line
        void bn(std::string textstring);
                //Outputs text
        void b(std::string textstring);

private:
                //<<: Arrow string
        std::string harrow;

};

#endif

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EDIT: I just noticed I accidently put it in C Programming instead of C++ Programming

With cin, the extraction operator only gets upto the first whitespace.

You want to use getline.

Code:

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getline(cin, string_name);

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Quote:

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Originally Posted by Enahs

With cin, the extraction operator only gets upto the first whitespace.

You want to use getline.

Code:

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getline(cin, string_name);

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Wow, thanks that works much better. :).

Quote:

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Originally Posted by bladerunner627

Wow, thanks that works much better. :).

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I also have another question. I see alot of people using char instead of string. Can someone explain y, which one's better, and the proper defines of char if possible. I haven't understood how to properly use char, but all these functions want char, so I guess its an industry standard.

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I also have another question. I see alot of people using char instead of string. Can someone explain y, which one's better, and the proper defines of char if possible. I haven't understood how to properly use char, but all these functions want char, so I guess its an industry standard.

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There are C strings and C++ strings. C strings are arrays of characters, and all the string functions in the C Standard Library expect you to use this convention. C++ strings are classes with functions designed to make working with strings more intuitive. If you're using C++, it's probably best to use STL strings (the string class). If you need to use a function that expects a (char *) as a parameter, you can easily get the C Strings equivalent by using the string.c_str() functions.