Input to String 1

[SlykFX]

Can anyone offer any explanation on this please

im trying to accept user input from keyb and ultimatly store it in a string

ive tried both
string sNewName;
getline(cin, sNewName);
and
char cNewName[25];
string sNewName;
cin.getline(cNewName, 25); // also tried "sizeof cNewName" in place of 25
sNewName = cNewName;

in both instances, the program just skips the input and continues to the next block of code
when all the input is being written to file it is just a null input being recorded.

thanks in advance for any help

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[uolj]

The problem is most likely in the rest of the code that you didn't post.

I'm guessing that you are using operator >> to read in an int or something and the newline from the previous user input is still in the stream. Then, when you call getline (either version) it reads in that newline and stops without putting anything into sNewName.

Try adding an extra getline, or an ignore to ignore the newline still in the stream. Or, you can post more code along with input examples if that isn't the problem.

 

[SlykFX]

thanks so much

cin.ignore();
right before the getline() statement has fixed the problem

its amazing how helpful a fresh view on something can be

thanks loads

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