I need help! With getline

[caveman007X]

First of all I am a student working on my final all I know so far is plain old c++, nothing more. I am working on my class final, it is a Video Store Program and I am trying to get it to accept names of movies. Such as The Big Bounce, Star Wars. So I know I need getline. But everytime I execute it completely skips over my getline. Please Help its due in three days.

Here is the part of my code i am messed up on.

#include <iostream>
#include <iomanip>
#include <string>
#include <fstream>
#include <ctime>
#include <sstream>
using namespace std;

int main ()
{
int which;
string movies[100][20];
int howmanyMovies[100];

cout << "Which customer is renting ? : ";
cin >> which;

cout << "What is the name of the movie ? : ";
getline (cin,movies[which][ howmanyMovies[which]]);
cout << movies[which][ howmanyMovies[which]];

cout << endl << "Have a nice day!" << endl << endl;
system("pause");
return 1;
}



(PS I am not looking for someone to do my homework, I just to know how to fix this to continue on with the rest of my code)

[Code Assassin]

Skips you say?

Well, try placing cin.ignore() right in front of your getline and see what happens. It should (hopefully), be fixed now.

[Code Assassin]

Next time you post, you might want to consider using code tags... makes the post look nicer, and also helps us read it better.

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