Accept Empty Character Space in String

Question

I am trying to have a string accept a character space. However when you type something like:

Mike Smith

the output is only

Mike

Is there an easy way to fix this? Can I do something like:

string playerName (50) <-- Where (50) is the length of the string

My Code below:

int main() {
string playerName;
cout << "Enter Player Name: ";
    cin >> playerName;

cout << playerName << endl;
}

Possible duplicate of [How to read a complete line from the user using cin?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5455802/how-to-read-a-complete-line-from-the-user-using-cin) — Enamul Hassan, Nov 23 '15 at 00:41

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 23 '15 at 00:02

2

Use the following to read a whole line of input:

getline(cin, playerName);

answered Nov 23 '15 at 00:02

Emil Laine

So instead of: cin >> playerName use getline(cin, playerName) in it's place? – More Outdoors Nov 23 '15 at 00:30

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 23 '15 at 00:05

1

Use:

getline(cin, playerName);

But remember, you have to use the following line before getting any other data type after using the above line.

cin.ignore();

answered Nov 23 '15 at 00:05

Enamul Hassan

What if I wanted to display 2 players names? Does it just forget the first one? – More Outdoors Nov 23 '15 at 00:09
Is there another way without having to use getline? Can I just specify the length of the string? – More Outdoors Nov 23 '15 at 00:12
Just wrap your `cout`'s and `cin` with a for loop – Enamul Hassan Nov 23 '15 at 00:12
You can do it in `c` with `scanf`, but I don't know whether there exists the same in `c++` or not. – Enamul Hassan Nov 23 '15 at 00:14
@MoreOutdoors What happens if someone's name contains 3 words and the next person's name contains 1 word? How do you tell which belongs to which player? – Neil Kirk Nov 23 '15 at 00:28
@MoreOutdoors Hey! don't take credit! I +1 your question, that's why you got chance to vote ;) – Enamul Hassan Nov 23 '15 at 00:36

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