Strange ! ?

If anyone can explain why this code doesn't work:

Code:

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#include <iostream.h>

//******************************* Node class *********************************************

  class Node{
      char data;
      Node *next;
  public:
      Node() : data(0), next(0){}
      Node(char e) : data(e), next(0){}
      friend class myString;
      friend ostream& operator << (ostream& os, const Node& x);
      friend ostream& operator << (ostream& os, const myString& str);
  };

  ostream& operator << (ostream& os, const Node& x){
      os << x.data;
      return os;}

  //******************************** myString prototypes ******************************************

  class myString{ 
      Node *head;     
  public:
      myString();
      int addRear(char ch);
      friend ostream& operator << (ostream& os, const myString& str);
      friend istream& operator >> (istream& is, myString& str);
  };

//*********************************** myString Functions ***********************************

  myString :: myString() : head(0) {}

  int myString :: addRear(char ch){
      if (! head) { // adding to empty list
        head = new Node(ch);
        return 1;}
      Node *temp = head;
      while (temp -> next) // find end of list
        temp = temp -> next;
      Node *newone = new Node(ch);
      temp -> next = newone;
      return 1;}

  ostream& operator << (ostream& os, const myString& str) {
      Node *temp = str.head;
      while (temp) {
        os << *temp;
        temp = temp -> next;}
      delete temp;
      return os;}

  istream& operator >> (istream& is, myString& str){
      char ch;
      while(ch != '\n' && ch != ' '){
        cin.get(ch);
        if(ch != '\n' && ch != ' ')
            str.addRear(ch);}
      return is;}

//*********************************** MAIN *******************************************************

  void main (void){
 
      myString a , b;
      int op;
      cin >> op;
 
      switch(op){
        case 1:
            cin >> a;
            cout << a;
            break;
        case 2:
            cin >> b;
            cout << b;
            break;
      }
  }

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And why this code works for case 1 but not case 2:

Code:

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#include <iostream.h>

//******************************* Node class *********************************************

  class Node{
      char data;
      Node *next;
  public:
      Node() : data(0), next(0){}
      Node(char e) : data(e), next(0){}
      friend class myString;
      friend ostream& operator << (ostream& os, const Node& x);
      friend ostream& operator << (ostream& os, const myString& str);
  };

  ostream& operator << (ostream& os, const Node& x){
      os << x.data;
      return os;}

  //******************************** myString prototypes ******************************************

  class myString{ 
      Node *head;     
  public:
      myString();
      int addRear(char ch);
      friend ostream& operator << (ostream& os, const myString& str);
      friend istream& operator >> (istream& is, myString& str);
  };

//*********************************** myString Functions ***********************************

  myString :: myString() : head(0) {}

  int myString :: addRear(char ch){
      if (! head) { // adding to empty list
        head = new Node(ch);
        return 1;}
      Node *temp = head;
      while (temp -> next) // find end of list
        temp = temp -> next;
      Node *newone = new Node(ch);
      temp -> next = newone;
      return 1;}

  ostream& operator << (ostream& os, const myString& str) {
      Node *temp = str.head;
      while (temp) {
        os << *temp;
        temp = temp -> next;}
      delete temp;
      return os;}

  istream& operator >> (istream& is, myString& str){
      char ch;
      while(ch != '\n' && ch != ' '){
        cin.get(ch);
        if(ch != '\n' && ch != ' ')
            str.addRear(ch);}
      return is;}

//*********************************** MAIN *******************************************************

  void main (void){
 
      myString a , b;
      int op;
      cin >> op;
 
      switch(op){
        case 1:
            cin >> a;
            cout << a;
        case 2:
            cin >> b;
            cout << b;
      }
  }

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If you can explain this, I will give you $0.01 U.S. currency.

(Hint: The last code doesn't use 'break' in the switch/case statement.)