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From: Shaun Jackman <sjackman AT home DOT com>
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Subject: Using cin and getline
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Date: Tue, 30 Mar 1999 10:16:39 GMT
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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