Cin and Spaces

[Atraii]

I'm working on a project that has been working out so far. The problem i ran into at the moment is that my program needs to be capable of accepting spaces. I did a quick google search, and found cin.getline, but i don't know how to implement it correctly in my program. If you could point me in the right direction, it would be great.

Atraii

#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <sstream>
#include <vector>

#include <ctime>
#include <cstdlib>

using namespace std;

struct myChar
{
	char name[15];		//Name of Character
	int age;		//Age of Character
	int hp;			//Health Points
	int c;			//Constitution
	char items[8];
	myChar *nxt;
};

myChar *start_ptr = NULL;
myChar *current;	//Moves list
int option = 0;

int random_number()
{
	int r;
	srand(time(NULL));
	r = rand() % 15 + 3;
	return r;
}


void add_char()
{
	myChar *temp, *temp2; //Pointers used to fill temporary places.
	temp = new myChar;
	cout << "Enter the name of your character: ";
	cin >> temp->name;
	cout << "Enter the age your character will be: ";
	cin >> temp->age;
	temp->hp = random_number();
	temp->c = 3*temp->hp + 10;
		
		
	temp->nxt = NULL;


	if (start_ptr == NULL)
	{
		start_ptr = temp;
		current = start_ptr;
	}
	else
	{
		temp2 = start_ptr;
		while (temp2->nxt != NULL)
		{
			temp2 = temp2->nxt;
		}
		temp2->nxt = temp;
	}
}
void display_all_char()
	{
		myChar *temp;
		temp = start_ptr;
		cout << endl;
		if (temp == NULL)
			cerr << "There are no characters yet, add one first!" << endl;
		else
		{
			while (temp != NULL)
			{
				cout << "Character Name : " << temp->name;
				if (temp == current)
					cout << " <- Current Character Selected" << endl;
				else
					cout << endl;
				cout << "Age : " << temp->age << endl;
				cout << "Health Points : " << temp->hp << endl;
				cout << "Constitution : " << temp->c << endl;
				
				cout << endl << endl << endl;
				temp = temp->nxt;

			}
		cout << "End of Characters!" << endl;
		}
}

void delete_first_char()
{
	myChar *temp;
	temp = start_ptr;
	start_ptr = start_ptr->nxt;
	delete temp;
}

void delete_last_char()
{
	myChar *temp1, *temp2;
	if (start_ptr == NULL)
		cerr << "There are no characters yet, add one first!" << endl;
	else
	{
		temp1 = start_ptr;
		if (temp1->nxt == NULL)
		{
			delete temp1;
			start_ptr = NULL;
		}
		else
		{
			while (temp1->nxt != NULL)
			{
				temp2 = temp1;
				temp1 = temp1->nxt;
			}
			delete temp1;
			temp2->nxt = NULL;
		}
	}
}

void move_selected_on()
{
	if (current->nxt == NULL)
		cerr << "You are at the last character!" << endl;
	else
		current = current->nxt;
}

void move_selected_back()
{
	if (current == start_ptr)
		cerr << "You are at the first character already!" << endl;
	else
	{
		myChar *previous;
		previous = start_ptr;

		while (previous->nxt != current)
		{
			previous = previous->nxt;
		}
		current = previous;
	}
}

int menu()
{
	int sel;
		
	
	cout << endl;
	cout << "Please select an option : " << endl << endl;
		
	cout << "1. Create a character." << endl;
	cout << "2. Delete the first character." << endl;
	cout << "3. Delete the last character." << endl;
	cout << "4. Select the next character." << endl;
    cout << "5. Select the previous character." << endl;
	cout << "6. Display All Characters." << endl;
    cout << "0. Exit." << endl;

	while(1)
	{
		cout << endl << " >> ";

		string option;
		cin >> option;
		istringstream parseInput(option);
		if(!(parseInput >> sel))
		{
			sel = 0;
		}
		
		if(sel >= 0 && sel <= 6) {return sel;}
		cout << "Please enter a valid number between 0 and 6." << endl;
	};
}


int main()
{
	start_ptr = NULL;
	cout << "Character Creater" << endl;
	cout << "Written by ***********" << endl;

	int selection;
	while ((selection = menu()) != 0)
	{
	  switch (selection)
	    {
	      case 1 : add_char(); break;
	      case 2 : delete_first_char(); break;
	      case 3 : delete_last_char(); break;
	      case 4 : move_selected_on(); break;
          case 5 : move_selected_back();
		  case 6 : display_all_char(); break;
	    }
	}
     return 0;
}

[tummychow]

Basically, instead of cin >> var, you'd do something like cin.getline(var);. Check this because I may be wrong: http://www.cplusplus.com/reference/iostream/istream/getline/
There are some things to note when using getline over cin that have to do with input buffering. cin leaves a newline in the buffer after every input because you have to press enter after your input. getline still requires that you press enter, but it will discard the newline from the buffer. Whether this has consequences varies but it is usually only relevant when mixing cin and getline, which is a decidedly bad idea.

[helios]

The getline() that's not a member function is slightly better.
http://www.cplusplus.com/reference/string/getline/