basic stuff

[Stephie22]

This is my program:

#include <iostream>
Using namespace std;
Int main ()
{
String name, addr1, addr2, postalCode;

Cout << "Enter your name: ";
Cin >> name;
Cout << "Enter address 1: ";
Cin >> addr1;
Cout << "Enter address 2: ";
Cin >> addr2;
Cout << "Enter postal code: ";
Cin >> postalCode;

Return 0;
}

The problem I'm having is that when it compiles and I put my name as Mr S. Swanepoel, and go to next line it gives it as address 1: address 2: postalCode; in stead of
address 1:
Address 2:
PostalCode:

Can any1 help me to fix it?

[Moschops]

cin reads as far as the white space, and leaves everything else in the buffer for the next read, so when you enter Mr S. Swanepoel

this happens:

Cin >> name; // reads in the Mr
Cout << "Enter address 1: "; 
Cin >> addr1; // Reads in the S.
Cout << "Enter address 2: ";
Cin >> addr2; // Reads in the Swanepoel
Cout << "Enter postal code: ";
Cin >> postalCode;

If you want to enter lines with spaces in, use getline.

[Stephie22]

Does getline work the same way?

[hulibarri]

after cout<<"Enter address \n"<<endl

[zb0S216C]

Stephie22 wrote:

Does getline work the same way?

By same way, do you mean does it work the same way as std::cin? Not quite. std::istream::getline() extracts characters (including white-space) from the input buffer. It will keep extracting until either the specified number of characters have been successfully extracted, or until the newline character is found.

_Wazzak

[stayput212]

try this.

#include <iostream>
#include <string>

using namespace std;
int main ()
{
string name, addr1, addr2, postalCode;

cout << "Enter your name: ";
getline (cin,name);
cout << "Enter address 1: ";
getline (cin,addr1);
cout << "Enter address 2: ";
getline (cin,addr2);
cout << "Enter postal code: ";
getline (cin,postalCode);

system("pause");

return 0;
} 

and btw, you always start a new line with capital letters. such as Cin,Cout,Return.

[Stephie22]

thanx every1 for the help, i got it right, and works perfect now