Problem With Cin Getline For Spaces

[irkzuptang]

Hey! I have this problem. It goes directly to the Last Name, it skips the first name. What do I do?

int num;
	char firstname[60];
	char lastname[60];
	int contact;

cout<<setw(40)<<"\n\nPASSENGER INFORMATION";
		cout<<"\n\n\nEnter FIRST NAME: ";
		cin.getline(firstname,60);
		cout<<"\nEnter LAST NAME: ";

		cin.getline(lastname,60);
		cout<<endl;

		cout<<"Enter CONTACT NUMBER: ";
		cin>>contact;
		cout<<endl<<endl;
		system("CLS");
	

[cire]

You probably have a newline left hanging around in the stream from a previous formatted extraction (via >>).

    cout << "\n\n\nEnter FIRST NAME: " ;
    cin >> ws ;  // remove leading whitespace
    cin.getline(firstname, 60) ;