Tic-Tac-Toe source code explanation

Hello, I have been analyzing source code of the game called Tic-Tac-Toe and I can not understand one particular part. Can you help and explain me why it is needed to write "cin.ignore();" and "cin.get();" there. What does these commands mean in that program and what is their function in their program? Thanks.

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#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

char square[10] = {'o','1','2','3','4','5','6','7','8','9'};

int checkwin();
void board();

int main()
{
	int player = 1,i,choice;

	char mark;
	do
	{
		board();
		player=(player%2)?1:2;

		cout << "Player " << player << ", enter a number:  ";
		cin >> choice;

		mark=(player == 1) ? 'X' : 'O';

		if (choice == 1 && square[1] == '1')

			square[1] = mark;
		else if (choice == 2 && square[2] == '2')

			square[2] = mark;
		else if (choice == 3 && square[3] == '3')

			square[3] = mark;
		else if (choice == 4 && square[4] == '4')

			square[4] = mark;
		else if (choice == 5 && square[5] == '5')

			square[5] = mark;
		else if (choice == 6 && square[6] == '6')

			square[6] = mark;
		else if (choice == 7 && square[7] == '7')

			square[7] = mark;
		else if (choice == 8 && square[8] == '8')

			square[8] = mark;
		else if (choice == 9 && square[9] == '9')

			square[9] = mark;
		else
		{
			cout<<"Invalid move ";

			player--;
			cin.ignore(); // I NEED YOU TO EXPLAIN THIS PART
			cin.get();    // I NEED YOU TO EXPLAIN THIS PART
		}
		i=checkwin();

		player++;
	}while(i==-1);
	board();
	if(i==1)

		cout<<"==>\aPlayer "<<--player<<" win ";
	else
		cout<<"==>\aGame draw";

	cin.ignore(); // I NEED YOU TO EXPLAIN THIS PART
	cin.get();     // I NEED YOU TO EXPLAIN THIS PART
	return 0;
}

/*********************************************

	FUNCTION TO RETURN GAME STATUS
	1 FOR GAME IS OVER WITH RESULT
	-1 FOR GAME IS IN PROGRESS
	O GAME IS OVER AND NO RESULT
**********************************************/

int checkwin()
{
	if (square[1] == square[2] && square[2] == square[3])

		return 1;
	else if (square[4] == square[5] && square[5] == square[6])

		return 1;
	else if (square[7] == square[8] && square[8] == square[9])

		return 1;
	else if (square[1] == square[4] && square[4] == square[7])

		return 1;
	else if (square[2] == square[5] && square[5] == square[8])

		return 1;
	else if (square[3] == square[6] && square[6] == square[9])

		return 1;
	else if (square[1] == square[5] && square[5] == square[9])

		return 1;
	else if (square[3] == square[5] && square[5] == square[7])

		return 1;
	else if (square[1] != '1' && square[2] != '2' && square[3] != '3' 
                    && square[4] != '4' && square[5] != '5' && square[6] != '6' 
                  && square[7] != '7' && square[8] != '8' && square[9] != '9')

		return 0;
	else
		return -1;
}


/*******************************************************************
     FUNCTION TO DRAW BOARD OF TIC TAC TOE WITH PLAYERS MARK
********************************************************************/


void board()
{
	system("cls");
	cout << "\n\n\tTic Tac Toe\n\n";

	cout << "Player 1 (X)  -  Player 2 (O)" << endl << endl;
	cout << endl;

	cout << "     |     |     " << endl;
	cout << "  " << square[1] << "  |  " << square[2] << "  |  " << square[3] << endl;

	cout << "_____|_____|_____" << endl;
	cout << "     |     |     " << endl;

	cout << "  " << square[4] << "  |  " << square[5] << "  |  " << square[6] << endl;

	cout << "_____|_____|_____" << endl;
	cout << "     |     |     " << endl;

	cout << "  " << square[7] << "  |  " << square[8] << "  |  " << square[9] << endl;

	cout << "     |     |     " << endl << endl;
}
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http://www.cplusplus.com/reference/istream/istream/ignore/
http://www.cplusplus.com/reference/istream/istream/get/

ignore() clears out any characters that might be in the input stream, get() waits for the user to enter a character and press enter.

A simplistic and resource wasteful way to pause the execution of the program.
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