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i have jut started learning cpp need help :

is their any way i can make a char statement conatining spaces too.
if yes plz tell me.
:rolleyes:

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The reason your address stops at the first space is that the extraction operator (cin >>) reads a single whitespace-delimited token. Several helpful replies already pointed this out: suggested using a line-reading function, showed a cin.getline approach for fixed buffers, noted that string literals can include spaces, and spotted that the c0s.obj error comes from an old/misconfigured compiler setup. Below is a modern, safer pattern you can use and a few troubleshooting tips.

#include <iostream>
#include <string>

int main() {
    std::string address;
    std::cout << "Enter your address: ";
    std::getline(std::cin, address);   // reads the whole line, including spaces
    std::cout << "Your address is: " << address << '\n';
    return 0;
}

Notes and common pitfalls:

  • If you previously used cin >> someToken; before getline, the leftover newline will make getline return an empty string. Clear it first with:
    std::cin.ignore(std::numeric_limits<std::streamsize>::max(), '\n'); (add #include <limits>).
  • Prefer std::string + std::getline over fixed char[] buffers to avoid overflow and manual size management.
  • Avoid nonstandard headers and functions like conio.h, clrscr() or getch() for portable code; they’re from old Turbo/Borland environments.

If you saw “unable to open file 'c0s.obj'” that typically means an outdated Borland/Turbo toolchain or misconfigured library paths. The robust fix is to switch to a standards-compliant compiler/IDE (e.g., GCC/MinGW, Clang, or Visual Studio) or use an online C++ compiler for learning. This will remove many environment-specific errors and let the examples above work as shown.

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i got tc.exe

Member Avatar for Dave Sinkula

is their any way i can make a char statement conatining spaces too.

What question are you trying to ask? The best I can manage is, "How can a read a line of text containing whitespace from the user?" If so, my next question would be, C or C++?

Member Avatar for cscotty

I think s/he is trying to declare a variable "char" to values seperated by spaces. If so, you can simply do this:

char a[] = "Blue Moon";

Just replace "a" with the variable you want to use, and replace the words in quotation marks with your own statement. Hope this helps.

Member Avatar for cpp noob

i accually need help wwith this programm
here i want help so that any amount of words can be filled in the address

# include <iostream.h>
# include <conio.h>

void main()
{
	clrscr();
	char address[60];

	cout<<"Enter your address";
	cin>>address;
	cout<<"Your address is "<<address;
	getch();

}

<< moderator edit: added code tags: [code][/code] >>

Member Avatar for Dave Sinkula

Look up getline -- cin is whitespace delimited.

Member Avatar for cpp noob

im relly a noob i dont know anything i just started learning c++
can u help me by editing my above program .

Member Avatar for Asif_NSU

I edited your code, good for tc only...

# include <iostream.h>
# include <conio.h>

void main()
{
clrscr();
char address[60];

cout<<"Enter your address";
cin.getline(address,60,'\n');
cout<<"Your address is "<<address;
getch();

}
Member Avatar for zyruz

simple examlpe of getline:

char input[55];
    cin.getline(input,55);
Member Avatar for cpp noob

its showing a error

unable to open file "c0s.obj"

wut does it mean :eek:

Member Avatar for Narue

It's trying to tell you to replace your old ass compiler with something that conforms to the C++ standard. Let me guess, your operating system is Windows XP, right?

>unable to open file "c0s.obj"
Go to Options, Directories and make sure that you see something like this sitting around there: c:\<wherever you installed it>\lib

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THANK YOU Everyone for your suppeort
when i tried the same thing today it was not showing the error (hmmm.......)

THANKS:-)

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