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Date:	Tue, 30 Mar 1999 03:31:17 -0700
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I'm not sure, but, have you cleared the standard input buffer?  That
usually works for me whenever I try to get data and it doesn't work.

Shaun Jackman wrote:
> 
> I'm having a problem with the following code snippet, where the input
> from cin is (for example):
> [BEGIN input]
> abcdefgh
> ijklmnop
> [END input]
> 
> string name;
> char buf[80];
> cin >> name;
> cin.getline(buf,80);
> 
> Name is written to properly, but it doesn't even wait for input when it
> comes to the getline. The following code snippet works.
> 
> string name;
> char buf[80];
> cin >> name;
> cin.get(); // This never happens
> cin.getline(buf,80);
> 
> The above is a real hack. What is my problem, and how do I fix it?
> 
> Thanks for your help,
> Please reply by e-mail as well if possible,
> Shaun Jackman
> sjackman AT home DOT com

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