Subj : cin.get() leaves a '\n'
To   : borland.public.cpp.borlandcpp
From : Thomas Rausch <thomas.rausch@lehrer.uni-karlsruhe.de>
Date : Tue Sep 02 2003 11:02 am

Hallo,

( Borland C++ Free Compiler 5.5.1, Windows 95/DOS Commandline. )

writing a menue, I got an error. The little programm-fragment
shows it:

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

int main()
{
  char c;
  string name,telNr;

  cout << "Enter a character: "; cin.get(c);
  cout << "Name: ";
  getline(cin,name);
  cout << "Telefonnummer: ";
  getline(cin,telNr);

  return 0;
}

The compiler does not execute "getline(cin,name);". 
It seems, that the "cin.get(c);" leaves a '\n' in the buffer.
I tried to flush the buffer with "cin.sync();" without success.
So I took "cin.ignore();". That worked.

But this is not a good solution.
Is it a known bug in the cin.get()-function ?
Who knows, what to do ?

Greetings Thomas

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