getline ( cin, string1) problem

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Hi all,
Please, help me with this strange problem. Whenever I invoke more than one getline(cin, string1) function in my codes, some of them are skipped at run-time i.e. the user is not prompted for input and the program simply jumps to another line e.g.in
getline (cin, string1);
getline (cin, string2);
The user is never prompted for string1. The user is only prompted for string2.

Posted 3-Dec-10 6:19am

Olufola

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CPallini · Answer 1 · 2010-12-03T06:46:00

Solution 1

You may try to call cin.ignore(); just before getline(cin, string1); (if you have a spurious newline in the input buffer).
:)

Posted 3-Dec-10 6:46am

CPallini