help please

[nason]

i am totaly new to c++
i wanted to write a program like
user to enter his name
and
cin >> name
cout << name

but it shows only 1 letter and not full nae including spaces
why how?
please help
nason

#include <iostream>
void main()
{
	char x;
	std::cout << "Enter your full name : \n";
	std::cin >> x;

	std::cout << x;

}
	

[mutexe]

http://www.cplusplus.com/reference/istream/istream/getline/

[Chervil]

it shows only 1 letter

Variable char x; can hold just a single character.

You need to use a string variable. It is recommended to use the C++ std::string.
http://www.cplusplus.com/reference/string/string/


In order to input the complete name, including any spaces, use the getline() function. There are two differing syntaxes, one suited to c-strings, the other to std:: string.

http://www.cplusplus.com/reference/string/string/getline/

[Group of Eight]

#include<string>
#include<iostream>

using namespace std;

int main(){

string name;
cout<<"Enter your name: ";
getline(cin, name);
cout<<name;

return 0;
}

[4jzvC542]

@mutexe & @Chervil && @Group of Eight
thank you all very much

@mutexe thanks a lot i learned a totally new thing and its great....
thanks for the code man...

[mutexe]

You're welcome dude.