getline problem

[HectorBerlioz]

I'm new to c++, so bear with me...

Whenever I execute the code below, I am able to enter my name, but then the program skips the "getline" for the movie title and goes straight to the final cout statement.

What am I doing wrong?

Thanks,

Terence

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# include <iostream>
# include <string>

using namespace std;

string name;
string movie;

int main()
{

cout << "Enter your name:" << endl;
cin >> name;

cout << "Enter your favorite movie:" << endl;
getline(std::cin, movie);

cout << name << "'s favorite movie is " << movie << endl;

return 0;
}

[manontheedge]

# include <iostream>
# include <string>
 
using namespace std;
 
string name;
char movie[70];  // changed the string to a character array
 
 
int main()
{
 
   cout << "Enter your name:" << endl;
   cin >> name;
 
   cout << "Enter your favorite movie:" << endl;
   std::cin.ignore();
   std::cin.getline( movie, 70 );  
 
   cout << name << "'s favorite movie is " << movie << endl;
 
   return 0;
}
 

if you're using getline, the FIRST thing you have to do is use 'ignore()', otherwise, it will read in whitespace and won't even let the user enter anything. Then, i changed your 'string movie' to a character array (just picked a random size to allow for long movie titles). Then, inside the arguments for 'getline', you have to have the variable it's being put in, and the size. Hopefully this helps.