Character Array input on C++

Discussion in 'Computer Science & Culture' started by caffeine43, Feb 26, 2002.

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  1. caffeine43 Registered Member

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    How would someone get a character array (ultimately, I want it to be of type String, which I wrote) from user input? I don't think that

    char* a;
    cin >> a;

    works...
    Thanks in advance...

    -Tom
     
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  3. Bowser Namaste Valued Senior Member

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    This is how I would write it...


    Code:
    
    main()
    {
        char aChar[80];
    
        cout << "Enter your string";
     
        cin >> aChar;
        cout <<  aChar;
    
        return 0;
    }
    
    
    You would need to include your iostream.h file too.
     
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  5. Bowser Namaste Valued Senior Member

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    caffeine43,

    Keep posting you questions here; however, I want to offer you another useful link.

    http://www.programmersheaven.com/

    Also, "C++, The Complete Reference, Second Edition," by Herbert Schildt, is an excellent book for answering those programming questions.
     
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  7. caffeine43 Registered Member

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    Is there a way to do that without using an array of a specific size?
     
  8. Bowser Namaste Valued Senior Member

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    You need to allocate space for your array. If the string size is unknow, you would then try dynamic allocation (new & delete), which requires an algorithm that checks the size of the string each time a user inputs a character. The algorithm would then allocate the neccessary space in memory for storing the larger string.

    Your looking at some pointer manipulation and possibly a specialized function or enhanced class. There might be something in the C++ I/O that will perform this task for you, but I don't know if there is.
     
  9. kwvanderlinde Registered Member

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    The easiest way to do this is



    #include <iostream>
    using namespace std;

    int main(){
    char* string;
    cin >> (string = new char);
    cout << string;
    system("pause");
    }

    This makes an array of char variables.
    The string variable points to the first char in the array
     
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