If-statement wont cout and there are no errors, (according to Xcode

Question

Once the program gets to the if statement it just ignores it and stops. Xcode says that there are no errors so i have no clue what is going on.

#include <iostream>
#include <string>

int main()
{
    std::string team;
    std::cout << "Welcome to The Baseball game!\n" << std::endl;
    std::cout << "choose a team.\n";
    std::cin >> team;

    if (team == "Arizona Diamondbacks") //this is were it stops working
    {
        std::cout << "You chose the Arizona Diamondbacks, here is your lineup:" << std::endl << "1. RF Gerrardo Parra" << std::endl << "2. 2B Willie Bloomquist" << std::endl << "3. 1B Paul Goldschmidt" << std::endl << "4. C Miguel Montero" << std::endl << "5. LF Jason Kubel" << std::endl << "6. CF A.J. Pollock" << std::endl << "7. SS Didi Gregorius" << std::endl << "8. 3B Cliff Pennington" << std::endl << "9. SP Patrick Corbin" << std::endl << "your starting pitcher will be Patrick Corbin.\n";
    }
    if (team == "Atlanta Braves")
    {
        std::cout << "you chose the Atlanta Braves";
    }
    return 0;
}

Why do you say it stops working? What "stops"? Looks to me like it would just return normally. — Hot Licks, Jul 01 '13 at 16:39
@femtoRgon No, this is different. `team` is a `std::string`. — , Jul 01 '13 at 16:46
Did you make any effort to solve this yourself? Did you "std::cout << team << std::endl;" or run it through a debugger and check the value of team? — kfsone, Jul 01 '13 at 17:00

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 01 '13 at 16:49

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std::cin >> team;

This reads one word. If you enter "Arizona Diamondbacks", team gets set to "Arizona". You can use getline instead to read a whole line of input:

std::getline(std::cin, team);

answered Jul 01 '13 at 16:49

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 01 '13 at 16:50

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The ifstream extraction operator >> for a std::string extracts whitespace-delimited strings. So your cin >> team is stopping at the first space/tab in the users input. You'll need to use a function that reads the entire line instead.

answered Jul 01 '13 at 16:50

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Shumail · Accepted Answer · 2013-07-01T20:35:03.863

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I think its problem with your cin >> team; that you are using to get string input. Try using getline

cin stops input when space character appears.

edited Jul 01 '13 at 20:35

answered Jul 01 '13 at 16:57

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If-statement wont cout and there are no errors, (according to Xcode

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