Array printing problem

[niskin]

I want an an array called "message" that I can fit 125 characters into and I want to be able to print that array to a text file.

Here is what I have tried:

char message[125];
cout<< computera <<": ";
cin>> &message[0], &message[1], &message[2], &message[3], &message[4], &message[5], &message[6], &message[7], &message[8], &message[9], &message[10], &message[11], &message[12], &message[13], &message[14], &message[15], &message[16], &message[17], &message[18], &message[19], &message[20];
FILE *retrieve;
retrieve=fopen("C:\\Program Files\\NetMessage\\retrieve.vbs", "w+" );
fprintf( retrieve, "Const ForWriting = 2\n\nSet objFSO = CreateObject(\"Scripting.FileSystemObject\")\nSet objOutFile = objFSO.OpenTextFile(\"");
fprintf( retrieve, path );
fprintf( retrieve, computerb );
fprintf( retrieve, location );
fprintf( retrieve, "\", ForWriting)\n\nobjOutFile.WriteLine (\"");
fprintf( retrieve, message );
fprintf( retrieve, "\")");
fclose(retrieve);
 

Don't worry about the other bits, I am writing VBScript to a .vbs file, but I need to print "message" in there. It is a mix of C and C++ because I am using header files from both languages for various reasons.

The problem is that it only works if the user enters one word into "message" e.g. Hello, but if the user enters anything with any spaces it doesn't like it e.g. This is a test.

[archonmagnus]

I want an an array called "message" that I can fit 125 characters into and I want to be able to print that array to a text file.

Here is what I have tried:

char message[125];
cout<< computera <<": ";
cin>> &message[0], &message[1], &message[2], &message[3], &message[4], &message[5], &message[6], &message[7], &message[8], &message[9], &message[10], &message[11], &message[12], &message[13], &message[14], &message[15], &message[16], &message[17], &message[18], &message[19], &message[20];
 
(abridged by commenter)
 

...The problem is that it only works if the user enters one word into "message" e.g. Hello, but if the user enters anything with any spaces it doesn't like it e.g. This is a test.

Rather than trying to read-in every character singularly, use the "getline" function of "cin". For example, the code:

#include <iostream>
 
using namespace std;
 
int main (void)
{
    char message[125];
 
    cout<<"Message: ";
    cin.getline(message, 125);
 
    cout<<endl<<"You typed: "<<message<<endl<<endl;
 
    return 0;
}
 

will read and store (up to 125 characters) everything the user enters until the "return" or "enter" key is pressed (whitespace included). Try using getline() and see if that fixes your problem.

[niskin]

Rather than trying to read-in every character singularly, use the "getline" function of "cin". For example, the code:

#include <iostream>
 
using namespace std;
 
int main (void)
{
    char message[125];
 
    cout<<"Message: ";
    cin.getline(message, 125);
 
    cout<<endl<<"You typed: "<<message<<endl<<endl;
 
    return 0;
}
 

will read and store (up to 125 characters) everything the user enters until the "return" or "enter" key is pressed (whitespace included). Try using getline() and see if that fixes your problem.

Yep it has. Thanks for your help.