this simple cout statement and i do not know why. the outputs are mixed up and i get some random numbers i didnt even input.please help
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
using namespace std;
int main()
{
string Pname, CEmployer;
int age;
cout<<"Patients Name:"<<endl;
getline (cin, Pname);
cout<<"Age:"<<endl;
cin>>age;
cout<<"Current Employer"<<endl;
getline (cin, CEmployer);
cout<<Pname<<endl;
cout<<age<<endl;
cout<<CEmployer;
};
After line 19 you need to flush the input buffer of the '\n' character. cin.ignore(1000,'\n'); should do the trick.
thanks alot!!
would i have to flush the input buffer after every other
time so it wont happen again?
When a cin >> is followed by getline( ), you will need to use the ignore( ) function in between. You normally don't need the ignore( ) between two input statements of the same type.
>You normally don't need the ignore( ) between two input
>statements of the same type.
Or when the getline() is before the cin>>.
>You normally don't need the ignore( ) between two input
>statements of the same type.Or when the getline() is before the cin>>.
But when you do such reading in a loop, what comes before what?
while ( getline( cin, str ) )
{
cin >> num;
//do something with them
//oops, need the cin.ignore( ) here
}Good point !
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