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Subject: Re: More than one letter input
Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2001 01:31:34 -0000
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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...
> 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