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file and cin.getline

knoglefar (5)
hi i got a problem. i'm writing a tool that generates xml files with data,
but the only input that works is regular cin, and i need to use cin.getline()
here's my code:
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//dir is the directory it will put the xml in. there's more code before this, but the black sheep is in this block
    strcpy(file, dir);
    strcat(file, "//quest.xml");



    {
    ofstream questxml(file);
    
    questxml << "<quests>\n";

        bool bq;
        while(!bq)
        {
            questxml << "<quest>\n";
            char qname[50];
            print1("enter the name of the quest",true);
            cin >> qname;
            questxml << "<name>";
            if( qname != NULL)
            {
                questxml << qname;
            }
            questxml << "</name>\n";

            questxml << "<description>\n";
            bool bd(true);

            while(bd)
            {
                char description[256];
                cin.getline(description, 256); //here's the black sheep
                if(description != NULL)
                {
                    questxml << description;
                }
            char yn;
            cout << "do you want to enter more on the description? y/n ";
            cin >> yn;
            switch(yn)
            {
                case 'y':
                bd = true;
                break;

                case 'n':
                bd = false;
                break;

                default:
                break;
            }
            }
            questxml << "</description>\n";

            char yn;
            cout << "do you want to enter another quest? y/n" << endl;
            cin >> yn;
            switch(yn)
            {
                case 'y':
                bq = false;
                break;

                case 'n':
                bq = true;
                break;

                default:
                cerr << "invalid input!!";
                break;
            }
        }
        questxml << "</quest>";
        questxml.close();
    }

it compiles, but when it runs past cin.getline(description, 256), it doesn't wait for input, and just goes directly to the cout.
Bazzy (6281)
knoglefar (5)
this will require enormous rewriting!!
Bazzy (6281)
You only need to replace the >> calls
knoglefar (5)
thank you for the help! it works now!
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