cin.getline ahhh!!!!!!!

[Grizwold]

ok i'm tryin to learn c++ and i'm using microsoft visual c++ (xmas present from my uncle) ok here's my problem, i have this function

void pause()
{
	char mybuffer [100];
	cout << "Press Any key to continue";
	cin.getline (mybuffer,100);

}

but everytime i call it it just flies right over the cin.getline unless i call it before the last like 5 lines of main

int main()
{
	char choicetmp[5];
	int choice;
//	char tempvar [256];
	cout << "1.) Add 2 Numbers" << endl;
	cout << "2.) Subtract 2 Numbers" << endl;
	cout << "3.) Divide 2 Numbers" << endl;
	cout << "4.) Multiply 2 Numbers" << endl;
	cout << endl;
	cout << "Enter the number you want: ";
	cin.getline(choicetmp,5);
	choice = atoi(choicetmp);
	switch(choice)
	{
		case 1: add();
	}
	pause();	
	return 0;
}

i have no idea what it is but it's driving me nuts!! any help would be appreciated!

[Grizwold]

OH YEA GO ME!!@#!@%
GO FARKIN ME!@$!@%

figured it out myself... apparently cin >> and cin.getline do not cooperate so just used cin.getline and atoi to make the char int!

[TheGuru]

Ya usually sya something like
cin >> x;
for int's

and cin.getline
for strings

[Grizwold]

yea but when you use cin >> with cin.getline it goes all screwy and cin.getline reads what was put to the cin >> so you just gotta use atoi to like convert it from chars to int... dunno i think i'm just like making it work tho

[TheGuru]

You don't want to use cin >> and getline on the same line hehe.

Here is a example:

#include <iostream.h>

int main()
{
int x;

cout << "Enter a number:";
cin >> x;

cout << endl;
cout << "The Number You Entered Was:" << x << endl;

return 0;
}

That's the simplest way to collect numbers..

[Grizwold]

yea but what i was trying to do was add a pause thing

void pause()
{
char crap [1];
cout << "Press any key to continue"l
cin.getline (crap,1);
}

but THEN like 10 mins later i learn about about system("pause") and all so now i'm like yippie!!

[[praetorian]]

If you want the program to halt, try putting in cin.get(); once or twice in your code and it will need a key-press to proceed......