cout problems

[eric121492]

I have some code:

int main()
{
	bool success = true;	
	nodePtr head = NULL;
	int skipNum;
	char file[MAXFILENAME];	

	cout << "Enter the skip number: ";
	cin >> skipNum;

	cout << "\nEnter the file name: ";
	cin.ignore( 256, '\n' );
	cin.getline( file, MAXFILENAME );
	

	fillList (head, file, success );

	cout << "\nSize=" << length( head ) <<": (";
	printCircList( head, success );
	cout << ")";	

	return 0;

	
}

which is pretty simple. However, whenever the program runs, it is printing

Enter the skip number: ( user input here )

Enter the file name: ( more input )

Size=(listSize): ( ... ) 

I cannot, for the life of me, figure out why those empty lines are there. I'm sure it's a simple mistake because it's 2:15 in the morning and I'm programming on Black Blood Of The Earth. If anybody sees what would cause that damned empty line, please tell me.

[Peter87]

The first line break comes when the user presses enter. The second line break comes when you on line 11 outputs the line break char \n.

[eric121492]

So how do I get rid of the line breaks for the user pressing enter?
cin.ignore() won't do it, will it?

[Peter87]

You can't.

[eric121492]

Nevermind, I'm definitely tired. Just getting rid of the newline characters. Thanks for the input!

[bluecoder]

int main()
{
	bool success = true;	
	nodePtr head = NULL;
	int skipNum;
	char file[MAXFILENAME];	

	cout << "Enter the skip number: ";
	cin >> skipNum;
//	cin.ignore( 256, '\n' );
	cout << "Enter the file name: ";
	cin.getline( file, MAXFILENAME );

	fillList (head, file, success );
	cout << "Size=" << length( head ) <<": (";
	printCircList( head, success );
	cout << ")";	
	return 0;
}