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Subject: Re: More than one letter input
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"Person" <person0000000000 AT yahoo DOT com> wrote in message
news:91509768 DOT 0112031721 DOT 1481a4ee AT posting DOT google DOT com...

Hello, person

do you have any C++  book handy? Your questions are answered in _any_ C++
book. Don't they give you a scripta for your homework? But ok, you tried,
therefore...

> How can I get input for more than one letter (a whole word)??

use std::string type to store strings. 'char' type is meant to hold a single
character only.

> This is what I have so far:
>
>   #include <iostream.h>

As defined by C++ standard, you must include standard headers without .h
extension, eg:

#include <iostream>

as you will nedd std::string, include header for string too:

#include <string>

string , cout and cin are in std namespace. For now, let say it is enough to
tell the compiler you know that:

using namespace std;

>   main()

Standard _requires_ main to return int, therefore:

int main()

>   {
>    char name;

change it to

        string name;

>    int x;

??? Let's have an extra varibale for fun? Delete it.

>    cout << "Name: ";
>    cin >> name;
>    cout << "Hello, " << name << "\n";

use std::endl manipulator instead of '\n' as it flushes the stream. While it
doesn't make any difference in your example you can check a thread in this
NG why:

    cout << "Hello, " << name << endl;

Note: you don't have to return a value in main even if it is declared to
return an int - return 0 is assumed. But most compilers will generate a
warning if you omitt the return statement so no harm is done if you write:

    return 0;
>   }
>

goran