cin.get function not being executed

[musicman1007]

I'm not entirely sure how to phrase this, mostly because I don't understand what's happening.
However, I'm trying to write a simple program to run a number trick. In order to pace the program well, I have inserted "cin.get()" function calls after a number of the outputs. This is working well for a large portion of the program, but the first "cin.get" call I make is being ignored every time I run the compiled program.

Here's the script as it currently stands:

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

using namespace std;

int mult (int x); //user-entered integer for number trick

int main()

{
  int x;          // declaring user-entered variable
  char answer[1]; // declaring character variable

    cout<<"Want to try a number trick? y/n \n";
    cin>> answer;
    if (stricmp ("y", answer) == 0 ) //if statement comparing character strings
    {
    cout<<"Ok!  Please enter an integer.\n";
    cin>> x;
    cout<<"Great," << x <<" is a great number.  This trick will turn " << x << " into 7.\n";
    sleep(2);  //Wait so user can read
    cout<<"First, I'm going to add 9.\n = " << x + 9 <<" (enter to continue)\n";
    cin.get();  //Wait until user hits enter
    cout<<"Great, now I'm going to multiply by 2.\n = " << (x + 9) * 2 <<" (enter to continue)\n";
    cin.get();
    cout<<"Now, I'm going to subtract 4.\n = " << ((x + 9) * 2) - 4 <<" (enter to continue)\n";
    cin.get();
    cout<<"Next I'll divide by 2.\n = " << (((x + 9) * 2) - 4) / 2 <<" (enter to continue)\n";
    cin.get();
    cout<<"And now the last step, I will subtract " << x <<"\n = "<< (((((x + 9) * 2) - 4) / 2) - x) <<" (enter to continue)\n";
    cin.get();
    cout<<"TA-DA! Be amazed!\n";
    }  
  else   //other side of if statement
    cout<<"Well forget you, then.";
}  
  

I'm sure it's rather clumsy, and the solution is probably pretty obvious. However, I'm very new to coding, and I haven't had any luck on the forums, so any and all help is greatly appreciated. Thank you!

[c0d3Man15]

personally cin.get() never seams to work for me, I use getche(), it always works for me and it does what it looks like your trying to do.

[Zhuge]

It doesn't work because the cin>>x; leaves the newline the buffer. The first cin.get() reads that as the user having pressed enter. You can use cin.ignore() to throw away input before you wait for an enter.

[hanst99]

And that's why getline is just better when working on the console.

[musicman1007]

Ah, I knew it was going to be something stupid like that...thanks, the script works just how I wanted it to now.