Hi I need to read a file that looks like this… As you can see the type of each movie can vary from 1 type to many…I wonder how could I read those until the end of each line? I’m currently doing: the result is not what I want…It looks like: So it doesn’t stop … Read more
haracters are extracted until either (n – 1) characters have been extracted or the delimiting character is found (which is delimiter if this parameter is specified, or ‘\n’ otherwise). The extraction also stops if the end of the file is reached in the input sequence or if an error occurs during the input operation. When cin.getline() reads … Read more
the function for streams that deals with std::string is not a member function of istream but rather a free function it is used like so. (the member function version deals with char*). It is worth noting there are better safer ways to do what you are trying to do like so: don’t reinvent the wheel; … Read more
Ignore is exactly what the name implies. It doesn’t “throw away” something you don’t need instead, it ignores the amount of characters you specify when you call it, up to the char you specify as a breakpoint. It works with both input and output buffers. Essentially, for std::cin statements you use ignore before you do a getline call, because … Read more
In case with char*, std::cin.getline getting line, instead of std::cin getting first word.
What is happening here is that std::cin >> firstName; only reads up to but not including the first whitespace character, which includes the newline (or ‘\n’) when you press enter, so when it gets to getline(std::cin, articleTitle);, ‘\n’ is still the next character in std::cin, and getline() returns immediately. Adding ‘std::cin >> std::ws‘ (ws meaning … Read more
getline, as it name states, read a whole line, or at least till a delimiter that can be specified. So the answer is “no”, getlinedoes not match your need. But you can do something like: