Apr 28, 2016 · cin is a blocked input. Whatever comes from the keyboard is stored in a buffer. When you press enter the system passes the buffer to the application code (std::cin code). …

Jul 22, 2011 · cin is an object of class istream that represents the standard input stream. It corresponds to the cstdio stream stdin. The operator >> overload for streams return a …

Apr 30, 2009 · I am currently reading in with std::cin >> for the strings I expect to be single words and getline(std::cin, string) for the strings with spaces. I am not getting the right output, though.

Using cin's >> operator will drop leading whitespace and stop input at the first trailing whitespace. To grab an entire line of input, including spaces, try cin.getline().

More correctly, cin reads from "standard input" (stdin). This may be the console, but it could also be a file or other device depending on the operator system and redirection by the user.

Apr 30, 2011 · Best answer so far. When using std::getline(std::cin, s) I would get a very messy and I would say, interrupted input when waiting for inputs in a while / for loop. This option …

If you use "cin >> noskipws >> str" and the user enters "a b c", str will contain "a" and the rest of the input will be lost. getline () must be used if you want to read the whole text with whitespace.

Dec 21, 2016 · Snag the input from std::cin using std::getline(std::cin, strObj) where strObj is a std::string object. Use boost::lexical_cast to perform a lexical translation from strObj to either a …

Sep 16, 2010 · 3 There is no close equivalent to cin in C. C++ is an object oriented language and cin uses many of its features (object-orientation, templates, operator overloading) which are …

Feb 9, 2011 · I understand that cin.eof() tests the stream format. And while giving input, end of character is not reached when there is wrong in the input. I tested this on my MSV C++ 2010 …