From: Edward Hill <ha AT nochance DOT com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: What's the command?
Date: Thu, 22 Jul 1999 09:24:20 +0100
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Johan Venter wrote:
: 
: >> Look up scanf().
: > That is standard C, wich is best not mixed with C++, its also more
: >difficult to use, as the cin format can be used to read any stream,
and does
: >not require a format string.
: 
: Sorry! I read the original message too quickly and didn't notice the
original poster
: specifically asked for C++.

And you offered a potentially hazardous function that can overrun the
input
buffer.

Ed