TITLE: Using input streams; reading lines


PROBLEM: hs3@irz.inf.tu-dresden.de (Hans-Peter Stoerr)

If I try for instance:
char	s[100];
cin >> s;

Could anyone tell me if there's a way to make cin read a *whole* line,
instead of the first word only? (I know there are things like
cin.getline(s,100);
but I want to use the << operator for his simplicity.)


RESPONSE: steve@taumet.com (Steve Clamage), 11 May 93

The >> input operators do formatted input.  If you want to read an
entire line, you have to use "get" or "getline".  For example:

	char s[SIZE];
	cin.get(s, SIZE);	// does not extract the newline
	cin.ignore(INT_MAX, '\n'); // discard through next newline
	cin.getline(s, SIZE);	// discards the newline