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void NewCustInfo(CustData &cust)
{
	cout << "Customer Name: ";
	getline(cin, cust.name);

}

CustData is a structure that is declared, and the name data member of that struct is of type string. For some reason when I call this function(there are no compile errors), it displays the cout statement, but then completely skips over the getline function. Any ideas?

Thanks

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The behavior you saw (the prompt prints, then input is "skipped") is the classic case of leftover characters in the input buffer after a previous extraction. and pointed this out; below are safer, more robust ways to handle it and to avoid the problem in future code.

A concise, reliable pattern is to let getline start after any leading whitespace by using the input manipulator that eats leading whitespace, then calling getline. This keeps the read as a single operation and avoids mixing different extraction modes:

std::cout << "Customer Name: ";
std::getline(std::cin >> std::ws, cust.name);

That approach makes getline begin at the first non-whitespace character. See the manipulator reference for details: std::ws and the getline documentation: std::getline.

Another solid strategy is to consistently read whole lines and then parse them. Read each input line with getline and convert (or validate) it explicitly; this avoids surprises when mixing formatted extraction and line-based reads:

std::string line;
std::getline(std::cin, line);
int value = std::stoi(line); // validate with try/catch or checks

Quick troubleshooting notes: if input ever fails, check and clear stream error flags before retrying; validate that getline actually returned data (it can fail on EOF); and consider trimming or validating the resulting string before using it. These practices reduce hidden input bugs and make the program easier to reason about.

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Does it occur after some other input? If so, there may be still be some lagging information in the input stream that it's grabbing.

Try placing cin.ignore(); directly before it.

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Member Avatar for mrnutty 
void NewCustInfo(CustData &cust)
{
	cout << "Customer Name: ";
	getline(cin, cust.name);

}

CustData is a structure that is declared, and the name data member of that struct is of type string. For some reason when I call this function(there are no compile errors), it displays the cout statement, but then completely skips over the getline function. Any ideas?

Thanks

Its probably most likely that there is a new line character in the stream. This happens when you read in a number. As suggested,
place cin.ignore() as the first statement in the function. Then go
on normally.

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Thanks guys, that fixed my problem. I shoulda been able to figure that out on my own =(

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