cin.getline code example

Example 1: get line C++

// extract to string
#include 
#include 

int main ()
{
  std::string name;

  std::cout << "Please, enter your full name: ";
  std::getline (std::cin,name);
  std::cout << "Hello, " << name << "!\n";

  return 0;
}

Example 2: cin.getline

cin>>n;
cin.ignore();
cin.getline(cin,string,'\n');

Example 3: getline vs cin.getline

getline(cin, variable_name, '\n');