Break out of a while loop?

[EwCjE3v7]

I have this excercise:

Read a sequence of words from cin and store the values a
vector. After you’ve read all the words, process the vector and change
each word to uppercase. Print the transformed elements, eight words to a
line.

And I don`t know how to do it with a getline so Here is what I did instead

#include <iostream>
#include <vector>
using std::cout; using std::cin; using std::endl;
using std::vector; using std::string;

int main()
{
    string input;
    vector<string> container;

    while (cin >> input) {
        container.push_back(input);
    }
    unsigned counter = 0;
    for (auto &c : container[counter]) {
        c = toupper(c);
        ++counter;
    }
    counter = 0;
    for (auto &word : container) {
        cout << word << " ";
        ++counter;
        if (counter > 8) {
            cout << endl;
        }
    }

    return 0;
}

But how do i break out of the while loop until I get a certain about of words?

[Stormboy]

To explicitly break out of ANY loop use break;

[EwCjE3v7]

But how can I get a certain amount of inputs till I break?
Becuz if i just write break then its just like writing if (..) ...

Oh stupid me, i think i got it

[Stormboy]

Use a for loop. Its better.

For example:

#include <iostream>
#include <vector>

using namespace std;

int main()
{
    vector<string> names;
    
    for(int i = 1; i<=5; i++) //Get 5 inputs till the loop exits
    {
        cout << "Enter your name plz: ";
        string usrName;
        cin >> usrName;
        names.push_back(usrName);
    }
    
    return 0;
}

If you want a while loop, make a counter then in the condition check the counter and increment it at the end of the loop.

Here is an example:

#include <iostream>
#include <vector>

using namespace std;

int main()
{
    vector<string> names;
    int counter = 1; //Set a counter
    while(counter <= 5) //Check the counter
    {
        cout << "Enter your name plz: ";
        string usrName;
        cin >> usrName;
        names.push_back(usrName);
        counter++; //Increment the counter
    }
    
    return 0;
}

[EwCjE3v7]

Yep, got you. Thanks.

[heyyouyesyouiloveyou]

A bit of information:

Any for loop can be written as a while loop. If a while loop can be written as a for loop, it is common practice to write it as a for loop for easy readability (and just a different way of organizing/understanding the programming logic).