Getting User Input | C++ | Tutorial 10

Throughout the course we'll be looking at various topics including variables, arrays, getting user input, loops, conditionals, object orientation, and much more.

[martijnholleboom]

SOURCE CODE

#include <iostream>
#include <string>
using namespace std;

int main() {

int age;
cout << "Enter your age: ";
cin >> age;
cin.ignore(256, '\n');

string name;
cout << "Enter your name: ";
getline(cin, name);

cout << "Hello " << name << " you are " << age << " years old.\n";

return 0;
}

[RekAkATom]

Just a heads up to everyone 'getLine()' doesn't work for, at the top be sure to put in #include <string>

Your code should then work :)

[twiggy]

I found out that getline() won't work after some inputs, for example cin before getline(), but if I put cin.ignore before getline(), that would mean put it between cin and getline(), then it works, can someone explain tell me the reason why this happened?

[JagdishOnYT]

If I enter string or char if variable is int the program crashes how to do that?

[JohnSmith-lrxg]

id make sure you tell people to include the string thingy because the getline wont work if u dont

[AYA-jii]

what if i want from the user the number of hours what i should do?

[vladyslavkorenyak]

The getline doesn't that way, you need to put cin.ignore() before.

[diakritika]

What if I need this in a Word document and not in a separate window?

[kalimudinansari]

Amazing Video Bro! .. May god bless you!!

[marbledotanks]

Thx i got a perfect score today because of this video!

[sareer]

I am using cin instead of getline and it is working for me ..

#include <iostream>

using namespace std;

int main()
{
string name;

cout << "Enter your name: " << endl;
cin >> name;

cout << "Your name is " << name <<"." << endl;


return 0;
}