How to use the getline command in c++?

Question

I\'m trying to turn a cout command into a getline command in c++.

This is my code that I\'m trying to changes....

for (int count=0; count < numberOfEm         


        

Answer 1

You can use getline function that takes input stream as first argument. It's prototype looks like this: basic_istream<...>& getline(basic_istream<...>& _Istr, basic_string<...>& _Str)

But then you have to think about that you are dealing with std::string and parse it as a type that you actually need (char*, int, whatever):

#include 
#include 
#include 
using namespace std;
//...

for (int count=0; count < numberOfEmployees; count++)
{
    string name, title, sSSnum, sSalary, s;

    cout << "Name: ";
    getline(cin, name); 
    employees[count].name = name.c_str();

    cout << "Title: ";
    getline(cin, title);
    employees[count].title = name.c_str();

    cout << "SSNum: ";
    getline(cin, sSSnum);
    istringstream is(sSSnum);
    is >> employees[count].SSNum;

    cout << "Salary: ";
    getline(cin, sSalary);
    is.clear();
    is.str(sSalary);
    is >> employees[count].Salary;
    //...
}