Am I on drugs ??

as simple as this

Code:

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#include<iostream>
#include<string>

using namespace std ;


int main ()
{
  string str;
  cout << "Please enter full name: ";
  getline (cin,str);
  cout << "Thank you, " << str << ".\n";
  return 0;
}

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after entering the following : "Goerge Bush" I hit ENTER key...which should then display

Code:

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Thank you, George Bush

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right ??Well it doesnt..what happens is following:

after entering George Bush and hitting the "ENTER" key the cursor just jumps to the next line WHERE I AM ABLE TO ENTER ANOTHER FULL NAME.Upon hitting ENTER the second time the name "George Bush" is displayed (however not the second name ;not that i want to enter a second person)

How is it that i get to input anything after hitting ENTER the first time...this never happened before

Too obvious -_-.

Lol...o mighty lords of c++ then pls do enlighten me in my quest to be the master of c++

Seriously...any help...i could just live with hitting ENTER twice after the input but i wanna know why it is being so

Ohh and sorry that the title doesnt describe the problem at all...which is a no no according to the posting rules...will be carefull next time

I thought I knew what indigo0086 was getting at, but a quick check shows that getline() for std::string has a default argument of '\n' for its third parameter, so your code should work. I checked by compiling with MSVC8 and the MinGW port of g++ 3.4.5 and could not reproduce your problem.

It's not your fault

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/240015

Exactly...thats why the title "Am I on Drugs"

I never had the problem using Visual Studio 2005 or.NET

However when using Visual Studio 6.0 the problem is rampant....

I did some more googling on it and came across this...

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a bug in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section. This problem was corrected in Microsoft Visual C++ .NET.

this is the example code on the Microsoft site to illustrate the bug..

Code:

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The following sample program demonstrates the bug:

//test.cpp
//Compiler options : /GX
#include <string>
#include <iostream>
int main () {
        std::string s,s2;
        std::getline(std::cin,s);
        std::getline(std::cin,s2);
        std::cout << s <<'\t'<< s2 << std::endl;
        return 0;
}

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Actual Results:
Hello<Enter Key>
World<Enter Key>
<Enter Key>
Hello World

Expected Results:
Hello<Enter Key>
World<Enter Key>
Hello World

link to the site : http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=k...0015&x=15&y=16

what a pain...

Sorry didnt see that Tonto had already answered it and given the link

Thanks again all

lol i got this 6.0 compiler so i could learn MFC since all the online tutorials for MFC are based on VS 6.0.....

NVM i will just hit ENTER twice :P

Sigh, so it was the old getline() bug. I suggest changing compiler. Why must you use MSVC6 when you have MSVC8?

EDIT:

Quote:

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NVM i will just hit ENTER twice

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If I remember correctly there is a fix that could be applied.

I wasn't mocking you, roalme. It's just your program input and thread title screamed a pretty clever joke. I thought you put it there intentionally.

The fix is in the page OP linked.

But from what I have heard, you are going to have more "high" moments with that compiler.