Just started learning C++

Ok, I just started learning C++ so please bear with me. Me and a friend are learning together and making a simple program where someone enters their name and have the program print their name.

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int name;
cout << "Enter your name:\n";
    cin >> name;
    cout << "your name is " << name << ".\n";

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Thats just a little bit of the code, im just not sure how to get it working because when i type in any name at all it prints this out: Your name is 2.
I don't know why it keeps printing 2 instead of the name.
Thanks guys.

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Originally Posted by Matt51723

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int name;

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How many people do you know who have numbers (integers) for names? Try std::string.

cue: "I'm a person, not a number".

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Mats

In my c++ class our teacher said use int, wow thanks for the jackass answer matsp. thanks for being an .............. to someone who literally just started learning a few days ago. [sarcasam]ur gonna make some son or daughter real happy[/sarcasm]

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Originally Posted by Matt51723

In my c++ class our teacher said use int, wow thanks for the jackass answer matsp. thanks for being an .............. to someone who literally just started learning a few days ago. [sarcasam]ur gonna make some son or daughter real happy[/sarcasm]

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Look, I was just trying to make a joke - obviously, it didn't quite cross over the internet quite as funny as I thought it was. And I replied AFTER you had the correct answer, so I didn't see what the problem with that would be.

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Mats

Thank you, im just a little angry because i went to another support forum and got flammed to death, ill try not to be an .............. back.

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Originally Posted by Matt51723

In my c++ class our teacher said use int,

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I would be willing to bet any amount of money that this is not true. Your instructor may have told you to use an int in some other situation; your instructor did not tell you to use an int to hold a string. As you have noticed, it can't be done.

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Originally Posted by Matt51723

wow thanks for the jackass answer matsp. thanks for being an .............. to someone who literally just started learning a few days ago. [sarcasam]ur gonna make some son or daughter real happy[/sarcasm]

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Yes! I get to give a jackass answer and mats gets the blame! I love Christmas. :)

[edit]: Or at least I read my response as much more snarky than mats'. We'll chalk it all up to insufficient smiley's. :) [/edit]

Here is a valid code for what you are trying to do.

This makes the name a string and uses char instead of int because you are using the alphabet and not integers ( Numbers ).

If you need more help on strings try this tutorial

http://www.cprogramming.com/tutorial/lesson9.html

This code it modeled after it.

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Originally Posted by Matt51723

Thank you, im just a little angry because i went to another support forum and got flammed to death, ill try not to be an .............. back.

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You probably got flamed because you're a hot-head and picked a fight with the people there. ;)

I mean come on.... You got angry at matsp. He's so hard to pick a fight with. lol....

You may also want to learn about getline() which reads a spaced string.

Code:

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std::string name;

std::cout << "Enter your full name: ";
std::getline ( std::cin, name );

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