print msg using cin cpp code example

Example 1: how to grab all of user input c++

// cin with strings
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
using namespace std;

int main ()
{
  string mystr;
  cout << "What's your name? ";
  getline (cin, mystr);
  cout << "Hello " << mystr << ".\n";
  cout << "What is your favorite team? ";
  getline (cin, mystr);
  cout << "I like " << mystr << " too!\n";
  return 0;
}

Example 2: c++ input from terminal when program is called

#include <iostream>
#include <string>

int main( int argc, char* argv[] )
{
    std::string my_arg;

    // First argument is always the name of your program
    std::cout << argv[0] << std::endl;

    if( argc == 2 )
    {
        // Something has been passed in
        my_arg = argv[1];
        std::cout << "Argument passed in is " << my_arg << std::endl;
    }

    return 0;
}

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