c++ cin question

From: Starkiller (starkiller_at_starkiller.org)
Date: 02/05/04 

Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2004 22:51:00 -0600

Ok, I know that
std::cin.ignore(someint, '\n');
will ignore all the rest of the stream upto <=someint chars, or '\n' or
which ever comes first.

My question is is there a way to instruct cin to ignore everything currently
in the stream no matter how many chars it is? I mean completly reset the
stream. I thought std::cin.clear(); was my awnser but no luck there it keeps
the current stream if there isnt an error state.

thanks

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