outputting two getline'd strings

[Smooth23]

I'm having a problem with my program, I can't get it to output properly

when I use getline() to input two strings to my program then try to output them, its not working

heres the output code:

for (int y=0;y < P_array[z].no_tags; y++) //all tags on each poster
      {
        if (((P_array[z].tags[y]) == query) && (!already_found))
        {
          cout<<P_array[z].name<<" by "<<P_array[z].author<<endl;
          already_found = true;
        }
      }

I need the output to look like
Book_name by Author

but when I run the code I get
by Author.. . truncating the book name.


Edited to add: It works if I manually input all the data, but when I input it from a file it doesn't work.
The input file is formatted like such:

Twoword name
Twoword author
3
word
word
word
twoword name
twoword author

I'm guessing its something to do with the newline? how do I fix this?

[Disch]

The only explanation is that P_array[z].name is an empty string.

Are you sure it contains the book name? Can you post the code where you're setting it?

Also, just a curiosity, are these actual strings? or at they char arrays?

[Smooth23]

P_array[z].name works.
if I seperate the code into

for (int y=0;y < P_array[z].no_tags; y++) //all tags on each poster
      {
        if (((P_array[z].tags[y]) == query) && (!already_found))
        {
          cout<<P_array[z].name<<endl;
          cout<<" by "<<P_array[z].author<<endl;
          already_found = true;
        }
      }

it works.

but here's the input code

for (int i=0; i<posts; i++)
  {
    getline(cin, waste);
    getline(cin, temp_n);
    cout<<"name: "<<temp_n<<endl;
    getline(cin, temp_a);
    cout<<"author: "<<temp_a<<endl;
    P_array[i].set(temp_n,temp_a);  //need to input tags
    cin>>P_array[i].no_tags;
    cout<<"number tags: "<<P_array[i].no_tags<<endl;
    P_array[i].tags = new string[P_array[i].no_tags];
    for (int k=0; k<P_array[i].no_tags; k++) //to set tags
    {
      cin>>P_array[i].tags[k];
      cout<<"current tag: "<<P_array[i].tags[k]<<endl;
    }
  }

line 8 here sets the name and author

and yes, they are actual strings