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Hi there,

I have done a fair amount of research in order to figure out how to parse a command line for, say, and integer. The code below almost works, except when the user types in, for example,...

Thank you both! Why does c++ use c style strings. For backward compatibility?

Hi! I am trying to use ofstream. All of the examples I have seen online construct the stream like this:
insert

ofstream file_writer("my_file_name.txt").


What I would like to do is to...

Thanks again. I will give it a try. This is my second day learning C++, so I appreciate the help! I am a hardware guy who needs a change!

Thank you laserlight! I am using getline() to read in the command line as you suggest. The part that I have not seen before is istringstream, but I get the idea. Is there a generic way to read in...

Ah, okay. I will study the input error states some more later. Now, the cin.ignore will ignore and throw away the fraction part of a number if the cin is directed to a type int? I will try it...

Thank you! What does the if (!cin) check for?
Aaron

Hi there! I am using the Jumping into C++ book as a guide to start writing C++. In the first examples, we are asked to read in some numbers and print them out. If I set the variable type to read...