Why this code is not working properly

[candexis]

Hi!!!!!!! could you please tell me why this code in not working properly, the thing is that when I read one string after another, the second one is not read, and I don't know why, I am using Microsoft Visual c++, here is the code:

#include<stdio.h>
#include <cctype>
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
using std::string;
using namespace std;



int main(){
int x;
string a,b;

cout << "Enter your first name: " << endl;
cout.flush();
getline(cin,a);
cin.clear();

cout << "Enter your surname: " << endl;
cout.flush();
getline(cin,b);
cin.clear();

cout << "Enter your age: " << endl;
cout.flush();
cin >> x;

cout << "Your Name is: " << a << endl;
cout << "Your Surname is: " << b << endl;
cout << "Your age is: " << x << endl;


return 0;

}

And this is the output:

Enter your first name:
Edwin

Enter your surname:
Alvear
Enter your age:
Your Name is: Edwin
Your Surname is:
Your age is: -858993460
Press any key to continue

Thanks for your help. . . .

[D_C]

I replied to a similar topic, I think it may have been your's too.

When you type in the first name, then press enter, you take the first name, but leave the "enter keystroke" in cin. You should flush() cin instead of cout.

[tyreld]

I've replied to your earlier post. The cin stream doesn't have a flush function. It only has a clear function for clearing leftovers out of the buffer. A correct implementation of getline by default uses the '\n' character as a delimeter and discards that delimeter after reading all characters up to that delimeter. Your code is logically correct, and should work. If you insist on using cin for input my only recommendation it to try a different compiler.

[tyreld]

One last gimmick you may try. It may be possible that cin.clear() is not working correctly either. Try replacing it with cin.ignore() to remove the leftover '\n' from the input buffer.

[candexis]

Thanks for your help, now my code is working good, I did all modification that you told and now it is working good, this the woking code:

#include<stdio.h>
#include <cctype>
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
using std::string;
using namespace std;



int main(){
int x;
string a,b;
cin.clear();

cout << "Enter your first name: " << endl;
cin.clear();
getline(cin,a, '\n');

cout << "Enter your surname: " << endl;
cin.ignore();
getline(cin,b, '\n');


cout << "Enter your age: " << endl;
cin.ignore();
cin >> x;

cout << "Your Name is: " << a << endl;
cout << "Your Surname is: " << b << endl;
cout << "Your age is: " << x << endl;


return 0;

}

output:
Enter your first name:
Edwin Alexis

Enter your surname:
Alvear Candelo

Enter your age:
22
Your Name is: Edwin Alexi
Your Surname is: Alvear C
Your age is: 22
Press any key to continue

Thanks for helping me.