Getline for pointers in a structure problem

[AdventWolf]

Hello, right now I am working on a problem in a programming book that I have and for some reason I cannot use getline to gather a line of text.

I had everything correct except it needs to be able to take it a line of text.

I currently have:

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

struct cars
{
       string make;
       int year;
};

int main()
{
    cout << "How many cars do you want to add?" << endl;
    int howMany;
    cin >> howMany;
    int carNumber = 1;
    
    cars * car = new cars[howMany];
    
    for(int y = 0; y < howMany; y++)
    {    
       cout << "\nCar #" << carNumber << endl;
       cout << "\nPlease enter the make: " << endl;
       getline(cin, car[y].make);        //cin >> car[y].make; - 1 word
       
       cout << "Please enter the year made: " << endl;
       cin >> car[y].year;
       cout << "\n" << endl;
       carNumber++;
    }
    
    cout << "Here is your collection: " << endl;
    
    for(int z = 0; z < howMany; z++)
    {
       cout << car[z].year << " " << car[z].make << endl;
    }
    
    cin.get();
    cin.get();
    return 0;
}

I do not have any error codes or anything, but when I launch the program it skips the "Please enter a year made" question as if there was already a blank value stored in the system for it.

I have used the getline function before but for some reason there is a problem
with me trying to use it to point to a a new structure value.
Any helpful advice is welcome, thanks!

[firedraco]

cin >> howMany;

This will leave an extra '\n' in the buffer, you'll need to remove it.

Btw, your program has a memory leak, you aren't ever deleteing the array you make.

[AdventWolf]

Hm strange, why exactly does it leave an extra '\n' in the buffer?

[firedraco]

Because it is the formatted input operator. It stops at whitespace characters, and '\n' is one of them.

[AdventWolf]

Ah ok, thanks for the help.