a for loop problem

[whyme]

Hi everyone,

this is part of my code,

for(i=0; i<number; i++){
cout << "Enter the No."<<i+1<< " input filename:" << endl;
cin.getline(name[i],50);
}

why the output I get is (when number == 2)
"
Enter the NO.1 File name:
Enter the NO.2 File name:
"
without any space let me put in my file name?
ps: the variable name is a two dimensional array "char name[i][j]", which I use to store the file name, which is a string. Is there any better idea I can solve this problem?

Thanks!

[vlad from moscow]

I think that the problem is that there is new line character in the input buffer. Begore using function getline you should clear the input buffer.

[abhishekm71]

Instead of a two-dimensional char array, use a 1D std::string array.

#include <iostream>
#include <string>

using namespace std;

#define MAX_FILES 50

int main() {

  string name[MAX_FILES];

  int numOfFiles;
  cout << "Enter the number of files: ";
  cin >> numOfFiles;

  cin.ignore();

  for( int i = 0; i < numOfFiles; i++ ) {

    cout << "Enter the No."<< i + 1 << " input filename: " << endl;
    getline( cin, name[i] );

  }

  return 0;
}

EDIT: As vlad suggested, cin.ignore() added.