From: "Luis A. Espinal" <lespin03 AT solix DOT fiu DOT edu>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++,comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Using cin.get() Outside Of main()
Date: Sat, 15 Mar 1997 07:35:28 -0500
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> I prompt the user for input eg.
> 
> char FullName[256];
> cout << "Enter Your Full Name\n:";
> cin.get(FullName,256);
> 
> and the program compiles without error, but when I run it it skips
> right by the cin.get() and displays
> 
> Enter Your Full Name
> :
> (The rest of the program)
> 

Try something like this:

char FullName[256];

cin.ignore( SOME_BIG_NUMBER );

cout << "Enter Your Full Name\n:";
cin.get(FullName,256);


Hope it helps,
Luis Espinal
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