Problem with c++ getline

[babe20042004]

I'm using the getline function to read the Degree Program of the user but for some reason the program skips the degree program and goes on to the next line which asks for the courses that the useris doing this semester.
This is the code:

#include <iostream>
#include <string>

using namespace std;

int main()
{

char name[256];
char id[256];
string degree;
char courses[256];

cout <<"Please insert your name " << endl;
cin.get(name,256);
cout << "Please insert your ID# " << endl;
cin>>id;
cout<<endl;
cout << "Please insert your Degree Program: " << endl;
cin.getline(degree,(256));
cout<<endl;
cout << "Please insert your Courses: " <<endl;
cin.getline(courses,256);

return 0;
}

[joem86]

I've always had troubles with cin.getline. Try the other getline (defined by <string>)

getline(cin, degree);

I hope this helps!

Joe

[boxfish]

That's probably because when you cin to id, the newline character is left on the stream, and degree gets the empty line that id was on. Maybe you could do an extra getline or use ignore with the '\n' character.
Hope this helps.

Please use code tags around your code. Put [CODE] before it and [/CODE] after it so it shows up in a code box and the indentation isn't wrecked. Thanks.

[babe20042004]

Thank you so much but i found the source of the problem . I had to include cin.get(); for some strange new reason. here's the new code.

#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <fstream>
using namespace std;

int main()
{

char name[256];
char id[256];
string degree;
string courses;

cout <<"Please insert your name " << endl;
cin.get(name,256);
cout << "Please insert your ID# " << endl;
cin>>id;
cout<<endl;
cin.get();
cout << "Please insert your Degree Program " << endl;
getline(cin,degree);
cout<<endl;
cout << "Please insert your Courses: " <<endl;
getline(cin,courses);


return 0;
}

[babe20042004]

Thanks. Yep. That was the problem.

That's probably because when you cin to id, the newline character is left on the stream, and degree gets the empty line that id was on. Maybe you could do an extra getline or use ignore with the '\n' character.
Hope this helps.

Please use code tags around your code. Put [CODE] before it and [/CODE] after it so it shows up in a code box and the indentation isn't wrecked. Thanks.