C-String Input Problem

[RyanV]

Howdy fellas,

I've got a project for class, and part of it involves inputting
c-string information into a struct.

Here is my code for inputting the information:

void addAnEntry(invType & inv){
	cout << endl << "Enter ID: ";
	cin.getline(inv.item[inv.totalItems].ID, 8);
	cout << endl << "Enter Item Name: ";
	cin.getline(inv.item[inv.totalItems].name, 20);
	cout << endl << "Enter Producer: ";
	cin.getline(inv.item[inv.totalItems].producer, 20);
	cout << endl << "Enter Quantity: ";
	cin >> inv.item[inv.totalItems].quantity;
	inv.totalItems++;
	cin.get(); }

And here is my code for an invType, and itemType.

struct itemType {
public:
	char ID[8];
	char name[20];
	char producer[20];
	int quantity; };

struct invType{
public:
	itemType item[100];
	int totalItems; }; 

I run into a problem when trying to run addAnEntry, the command prompt
does the following:

Enter ID:
Enter Item Name: 'Eggs'

Enter Producer: 'Eggland's Best'

Enter Quantity: '20'

Which isn't what I wanted. (By the way, the stuff in '' is my input.)
For some reason it doesn't take an input for ID, and also inserts an extra
line in between things that I didn't want it to insert.

Does anyone have any idea what is going on here?

[JMJAtlanta]

I have produced the following code to test your issue:

#include <iostream>

using namespace std;

struct itemType {
public:
	char ID[8];
	char name[20];
	char producer[20];
	int quantity;
};

struct invType {
public:
	itemType item[100];
	int totalItems;
};

void addAnEntry(invType & inv){
	cout << endl << "Enter ID: ";
	cin.getline(inv.item[inv.totalItems].ID, 8);
	cout << endl << "Enter Item Name: ";
	cin.getline(inv.item[inv.totalItems].name, 20);
	cout << endl << "Enter Producer: ";
	cin.getline(inv.item[inv.totalItems].producer, 20);
	cout << endl << "Enter Quantity: ";
	cin >> inv.item[inv.totalItems].quantity;
	inv.totalItems++;
	cin.get(); }

void displayOutput(itemType i) {
	cout << "Output:" << endl;
	cout << "ID: " << i.ID << endl;
	cout << "Name: " << i.name << endl;
	cout << "Producer: " << i.producer << endl;
	cout << "Qty: " << i.quantity << endl;
}

int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
		invType i;
		i.totalItems = 0;
		addAnEntry(i);
		displayOutput(i.item[0]);
		return 0;
}

My output looks like this:

Enter ID: 1

Enter Item Name: Name

Enter Producer: Producer

Enter Quantity: 1  
Output:
ID: 1
Name: Name
Producer: Producer
Qty: 1

I am able to enter an ID just fine, and I only see lines that I added. I initially had some issues using my debugger. But running it outside the debugger allowed it to work fine. How is this different from what you are experiencing?