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hi, i am very new to C++, i know almost nothing, how do i get the compiler to accept time as an input from a user.??????
I have to write a program to calculate the time distace given 2 times

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Read the input as a string and parse it into hours, minutes, whatever.

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Read the input as a string and parse it into hours, minutes, whatever.

Parse??? How do i do that!?

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Parse??? How do i do that!?

Many ways; sscanf comes to mind.

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Many ways; sscanf comes to mind.

i can use scanf - however i have no idea how to use tm_mins format into the scan f statement all the attempts i made the compiler has rejected

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i can use scanf - however i have no idea how to use tm_mins format into the scan f statement all the attempts i made the compiler has rejected

I can't read your mind, nor can I see your code.

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