Cin problem

[UnclePutin]

I'm trying to make a simple program that asks 2 users for their name and age and then does a simple calculation to see who is older and then says "user x is older than user y by z years." I've been having trouble with the cin function. Before, I would execute the program and it would ask the user for their name and then skip over everything else. I figured out how to get it to wait for user input but it just seems really clunky to me. I was recommended to use cin.clear and cin.sync every time I asked for a users age. I'm using getline for their names.

Is there a better way to do this? I've tried searching for the solution but I'm not getting a straight answer. Thanks.

  #include <iostream>

using namespace std;

int main()
{
    //Asking users for name and age
    int age1;
    int age2;
    string name1;
    string name2;
    cout << "Please enter your name.\n";
    getline(cin,name1,'\n');

    cout << "Please enter your numerical age.\n";
    cin >> age1;
    cin.clear();
    cin.sync();

    cout << "Second user, please enter your name.\n";
    getline(cin,name2,'\n');

    cout << "Please enter your age.\n";
    cin >> age2;
    cin.clear();
    cin.sync();

//Declaring the int dif1 and dif2
    int dif1;
    int dif2;
    dif1 = age1 - age2;
    dif2 = age2 - age1;

//printing text based on age difference between two people
    if ( dif1 > 0 )
    {
        cout << name1 << " is older than " << name2 << " by " << dif1;
        if ( dif1 == 1 )
        {
            cout << " year." << endl;
        }
        else
        {
            cout << " years." << endl;
        }
    }
    else if ( dif2 > 0 )
    {
        cout << name2 << " is older than " << name1 << " by " << dif2;
        if ( dif2 == 1 )
        {
            cout << " year." << endl;
        }
        else
        {
            cout << " years." << endl;
        }
    }
    else
    {
        cout << "You two are the same age. Good job.\n";
    }

    return 0;
}

[jlb]

You may want to see about increasing your compiler warning level, your compiler should be able to warn you about a couple of issues.

main.cpp||In function ‘int main()’:|
main.cpp|38|warning: suggest parentheses around assignment used as truth value [-Wparentheses]|
main.cpp|50|warning: suggest parentheses around assignment used as truth value [-Wparentheses]|
||=== Build finished: 0 errors, 2 warnings (0 minutes, 1 seconds) ===|

[UnclePutin]

It did that before but now it's not showing it. Not sure what happened. What parentheses is it wanting?

[jlb]

main.cpp|38|warning: suggest parentheses around assignment used as truth value [-Wparentheses]|

That number is the line number where the problem was detected.
if ( dif1 = 1 )

And please don't edit your code, it makes the answer seem incorrect and makes the conversation impossible to follow.


Did fixing those errors solve the problem?

[UnclePutin]

Okay, thanks. I won't edit the code.

I thought I needed to use the == since it's comparing the value, not assigning a value. I deleted the spaces I put inside the argument and now it's not giving me any warnings. Not sure if that's what the problem was but it appears to have fixed it.

Edit: Nevermind. I had edited my OP a few seconds after I posted to change to the == operator after I realized the mistake. That caused confusion. Sorry.