cin.getline help!

[cdeblast]

this is the code i wrote for a project (a part)

#include<iostream.h>
#include<string.h>
#include<stdio.h>
char nm[10];
int i;
class plog
{
	char name[30];
	char rank[30];
	char exp[50];
	char dob[10];
	char address[50];
	
 public:
	 void create()
	 {
		
		 cout<<"\n---------------";
		 cout<<"\n    Details";
		 cout<<"\n---------------";
		 cout<<"\n >Name\t";
		 cin>>name;
         cout<<"\n >Rank";
		 cin>>rank;         		 
		 cout<<"\n >Prev. experience\n";
		 cin.getline(exp,49,'.');
		 cout<<"\n >Date of Birth";		 
		 cout<<"\n~\n";
		 cin>>dob;
		 
		 cout<<" >Address";
		 cin.getline(address,49,'.');
		 
	}

	 void disp()
	 {
		  cout<<"\n---------------";
		 cout<<"\n    Details";
		 cout<<"\n---------------";
		 cout<<"\n >Name\n";		 
   		cout<<name;cout<<endl;

         
		 
	 }
	int comp()
	 {
		if(strcmpi(nm,name)==0)
		return 1;
		else
			return 0;
	 }
 };
void main()
{
	plog z;
	z.create();
}

and this is the output.

---------------
    Details
---------------
 >Name  XXXX

 >Rank XXXXX
XXXX.

 >Prev. experience

 >Date of Birth
~
XXXXX.
XXXXX.
 >AddressPress any key to continue

where the output should have been

---------------
    Details
---------------
 >Name  XXXX

 >Rank XXXXX


 >Prev. experience
XXXXX.

 >Date of Birth
~XXXXX.

 >Address
XXXXX.
Press any key to continue

pls help.
guys its really really urgent
HELP MEEEEE!!!
(i work in Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0)

[SpectresShadow]

cdeblast, your major prob is that you are trying to use both cin and cin.getline(). You can only use one or the other, not both. Only use cin.getline() otherwise you will end up with a broken program. And add a clear buffer fucntion

void clearbuf()
{
    if(!cin)
          while(cin.peek()!='\n')
                 cin.ignore();
    cin.ignore();
    return;
}

Feel free to use that exact code for the clearbuf.
Call clearbuf() after every cin.getline(). It will prevent buffer overflow into the next input line.