Re: cin >> c

From: K Campbell (kieran_at_cyrocom.co.uk)
Date: 08/24/04 

Date: 24 Aug 2004 12:08:59 -0700

Try doing this:
char c;
cin>>c;
cin.ignore();
cin.getline(name, int);

or, if you want to just capture one character, without the user having
to press enter:
(you must #include <conio.h>)
char c = getch();
cin.getline(name, int);

Hope i've been of some help.
Kieran

"Kevin W." <contact@in.sig> wrote in message news:<opsc6ef3ufjxvii7@localhost.localdomain>...
> I'm writing a simple Unix console app. I need to take an input of a
> single character from the user and discard the rest.
>
> If I have:
> char c;
> cin >> c;
> And the user types the letter 'a', then presses Enter, 'a' gets put into c
> as I want. BUT, Enter remains as the next character in the stream, so if
> I then do a getline(cin, word), I get an empty string in word. The other
> requirement I need is that if the user just presses Enter without entering
> a letter, c should be assigned to '\n'.
>
> Ideally, it should process the character (whatever it is) without the user
> having to press Enter.

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