Program skips second cin

Question

I\'m making a C++ Mind Reader program, which is nearly complete. However, it feels the need to skip the second cin. I\'ve searched and I\'m not exactly sure what\'s wrong. I

Answer 1

You can only input one word into a cin. Instead, use getline(cin, string name); If it still doesn't work, add a cin.ignore(); before your getline(cin, string name);, like this:

string country;
cout << "Now please enter the country you are in at the moment:\n\n";
cin.ignore();
getline(cin, country);

This will now definitely work.

Answer 2

What the above user said, cin only allows for 1 word to be input into a string per cin. Therefore, I think what you want would be : getline(cin, name)

Answer 3

cin.get();
cout << "Now please enter the country you are in at the moment:\n\n";
cin >> country; //<------ Line 32

type cin.get() before cout as I have done above and your problem will be resolved.

Answer 4

The problem was that you were using: cin >> to get a string from the user. If the user inputs more than 1 word, it will cause lines in your code to skip over one another. To solve this problem, we would use: getLine(cin,yourStringHere) to get a string from the user. Here is your code all fixed up:

#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <cstdlib>

using namespace std;

int main()
{
    string name;
    string country;
    int age;
    cout << "                     @@@@@@@@@@@@-MIND READER-@@@@@@@@@@@@\n\n";

    cout << "Would like you to have your mind read? Enter y for yes and n for no." << endl;
    cout << "If you do not choose to proceed, this program will terminate." << endl;
    string exitOrNot;
    getline (cin,exitOrNot); /*<-----Changed from cin to getLine*/
    if (exitOrNot == "y"){
        cout << "Okay, first you will need to sync your mind with this program. You will have to answer the following questions to synchronise.\n\n";

        cout << "Firstly, please enter your full name, with correct capitalisation:\n\n";
        getline(cin,name); /*<--Another string*/

        cout << "Now please enter the country you are in at the moment:\n\n";
        getline(cin,country); /*<--Another string*/

        cout << "This will be the final question; please provide your age:\n\n";
        cin >> age;

        cout << "There is enough information to start synchronisation. Enter p to start the sync...\n\n";
        string proceed;
        cin >> proceed;
        if (proceed == "p"){
            cout << "Sync complete." << endl;
            cout << "Your mind has been synced and read.\n\n";
            cout << "However, due to too much interference, only limited data was aquired from your mind." << endl;
            cout << "Here is what was read from your mind:\n\n";

            cout << "Your name is " << name << " and you are " << age << " years old. You are based in " << country << "." << endl << "\n\n";

            cout << "Thanks for using Mind Reader, have a nice day. Enter e to exit." << endl;
            string terminate;
            cin >> terminate;
            if (terminate == "e"){
                exit(0);
            }

        }

    }
    if (exitOrNot == "n"){
        exit(0);
    }

    return 0;
}