In a console application, can I use cin to input character strings with space characters in them?

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In a console application, can I use cin to input character strings with space characters in them?

Joseph Klasen 146

I have a novice question which didn't appear in the Q&A listing. In a console application, can I use CIN to input character strings that have space characters in them?

Barry Schwarz 3,746 Reputation points

2023-06-21T21:50:08.45+00:00

What happens when you try it? Creating a short program to test the process you have in mind will give you a faster response than posting here and will avoid any possible confusion if someone misinterprets what you want.
Minxin Yu 13,501 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2023-06-22T02:01:48.1333333+00:00

cin skips space by default. You can use std::getline.
Barry Schwarz 3,746 Reputation points

2023-06-22T15:28:07.6433333+00:00

Actually, cin terminates the input when it encounters a space.
Joseph Klasen 146 Reputation points

2023-06-23T15:52:09.0833333+00:00

Thanks Barry. Microsoft documentation on the behavior of CIN is very non-specific and makes no mention of this, or of ways to get around this legacy behavior. In addition, I am still having difficulty getting the getline() input function to behave as the documentation says.
Barry Schwarz 3,746 Reputation points

2023-06-23T17:20:56.9433333+00:00

In a new question, show us a compilable example of the code that doesn't work and describe how the results are different than what you want.

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Barry Schwarz 3,746 Reputation points

2023-06-21T21:50:08.45+00:00

What happens when you try it? Creating a short program to test the process you have in mind will give you a faster response than posting here and will avoid any possible confusion if someone misinterprets what you want.
Minxin Yu 13,501 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2023-06-22T02:01:48.1333333+00:00

cin skips space by default. You can use std::getline.
Barry Schwarz 3,746 Reputation points

2023-06-22T15:28:07.6433333+00:00

Actually, cin terminates the input when it encounters a space.
Joseph Klasen 146 Reputation points

2023-06-23T15:52:09.0833333+00:00

Thanks Barry. Microsoft documentation on the behavior of CIN is very non-specific and makes no mention of this, or of ways to get around this legacy behavior. In addition, I am still having difficulty getting the getline() input function to behave as the documentation says.
Barry Schwarz 3,746 Reputation points

2023-06-23T17:20:56.9433333+00:00

In a new question, show us a compilable example of the code that doesn't work and describe how the results are different than what you want.

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didier bagarry 160

You can read the whole line with std::getline( std::cin, string_variable );

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