can somebody tell me why this code doesnt work?: char job[30]; char background[50]; cout << endl << "Occupation?:"; cin.ignore(30, ''\n''); cin.getline(job, 30); cout << endl << "Now enter a brief description of your character:" <<endl; cin.ignore(50, ''\n''); cin.getline(background, 50); cout <<endl<< background; cout <<endl<< job; getch(); The first cin.getline seems to work, but the second one seems to mess up.... If a seasoned programmer could plug this into his\her compiler and give me some professional feedback, Id be very happy. Thanks

Arggggghh!!

Does anyone else find that its sometimes a bitch to paste code on gamedev? This is what it should have looked like....if this works..


char job[30];
char background[50];



cout << endl << "Occupation?:";
cin.ignore(30, ''\n'');
cin.getline(job, 30);

cout << endl << "Now enter a brief description of your character:" < cin.ignore(50, ''\n'');
cin.getline(background, 50);





cout < cout <
getch();

Sorry

ARRRRRGHHHHH!!!


I give up! Forget I even asked!!!!!!

If I understand correctly what you are trying to do, the following should work just fine!

#include
#include

int main()
{
char job[30];
char background[50];

clrscr();
cout << endl << "Occupation?:";
cin.getline(job, 30);
cout << endl << "Now enter a brief description of your character:";
cin.getline(background, 50);

cout << endl << endl << "Occupation: " << job << endl << "Description: " << background;

getch();

return 0;
}

Hope this helps!

..-=ViKtOr=-..

I am getting good at answering this specific question!

You must call cin.ignore() after EVERY cin.getline().
The ''\n'' is left in the buffer after you press return, so it needs to be cleared out.