(C++) cin

Meaning 'Console In', as opposite of cout. Can be used get input from the user.

Note that std::cin is not always intuitive to work with as a newbie (see e.g. the example). You might want to use std::getline instead.

Example

include <iostream>


int main()
{
  std::cout << "Please type an integer value" << std::endl;
  int value = 0;
  std::cin >> value;
  std::cout << "You typed: " << value << std::endl;
  std::cout << "Please enter character to exit program" << std::endl;
  std::cin.clear(); //First clear std::cin
  std::cin.get();
  std::cin.get(); //Yes indeed! This method is needed TWICE!
}

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last edited (November 11, 2006) by bilderbikkel, Number of views: 7996, Current Rev: 7 (Diff)

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