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Ok, thanks a lot!
I was using "The Complete C Reference", and another one that I don't
know what it is called. They probably say this, but I was to lazy to
look for it :)
thanks again.

"Neil Butterworth" <neil_butterworth AT lineone DOT net> wrote in message news:<3c0c2755_3 AT mk-nntp-1 DOT news DOT uk DOT worldonline DOT com>...
> "Person" <person0000000000 AT yahoo DOT com> wrote in message
> news:91509768 DOT 0112031721 DOT 1481a4ee AT posting DOT google DOT com...
> > How can I get input for more than one letter (a whole word)??
> > I want to make a simple program that asks you for your name, and then
> > shows it on the screen.
> >
> > This is what I have so far:
> >
> >   #include <iostream.h>
> 
> This is not a standard C++ header file - you want
> 
> #include <iostream>
> 
> >
> >   main()
> 
> In standard C++, main must return an int.
> 
> >   {
> >    char name;
> >    int x;
> >    cout << "Name: ";
> >    cin >> name;
> >    cout << "Hello, " << name << "\n";
> >   }
> >
> > It only takes the first letter of the name.
> 
> Because a char is only one letter. You need a string - a sequence of
> letters:
> 
> #include <iostream>
> #include <string>
> 
> using namespace std;
> 
> int main() {
>     string name;
>     cout << "Name: ";
>     cin >> name;
>     cout << "Hello, " << name << "\n";
> }
> 
> All this should be covered in any beginners book on C++ - which one are you
> using?
> 
> NeilB