I am clueless about strings

[Derp]

Hello,

I am longtime lurker and first time poster and I am in need of help.

I am working on a very simple program and am already stuck at the beginning. At this point I just want some help so I can continue on with my work.

What I am trying to do is input a string [a last name and a first name] and then have it output.

Thank you for any help you can give me.

[4Gb4jE8b]

Well, what have you done so far? And have you read http://www.cplusplus.com/reference/string/string/ and any of the links that may apply to what you are doing?

[Derp]

I have gone through the reference articles about strings, but I haven't been able to find anything of help to me.

So far I have created a string and have possibly put in some words:

#include <iostream>
#include <iomanip>
#include <string.h>

using namespace std;

int main()
{
	const int SIZE = 20;
	string names[SIZE];
	
	cout << "Please type your name like this: Last Name (comma) First Name:  ";
	cin >> names[SIZE];

	cout << names[SIZE];
	
	return 0;
}

This code doesn't do what I want it to do, and thus far I am clueless as to how to get it to output what I just input.

EDIT: Updated code so it outputs part of the input.

[ne555]

That is not how you write/read in an array.
You need to loop from 0 to n-1, working per element.

[4Gb4jE8b]

#include <iostream> //didn't need iomanip
#include <string.h>

using namespace std;

int main()
{
	string names;
	
	cout << "Please type your name like this: Last Name (comma) First Name:  ";
	cin >> names;

 	cout << names;
	cin.get();
	cin.get();
	return 0;
}

strings are dynamic, so you only need to clarify how large they are if you specifically want them to be static.

I didn't compile it, but what exactly did your code do wrong? The only obvious thing i could see was a possible runtime error if names[i] had empty characters at the end of it.

[Derp]

What went wrong is the same for both my code and that which you posted: The output stops after the comma.

[4Gb4jE8b]

oh, of course. Cin doesn't take spaces. use getline for that. My apologies about not posting that in the first place.

getline(cin, names);

http://www.cplusplus.com/reference/string/getline/

[Derp]

Ah, yes! Thank you, this has solved my problem.