which is prefferable? cinn>> or getline for string

[DETpfSEw]

Here name, roll and cl are strings. when i use cin>> for all it dont take second input and when i use getline (cin,) for all it skip first input.

 cout<<"\n\t\t\tEnter Name: ";
                 cin>>name;
                 cout<<"\n\t\t\tEnter Roll No. ";
                 cin>>roll;
                 cout<<"\n\t\t\tEnter Class: ";
                 cin>cl;
                 cout<<"\n\t\t\tEnter number of subjects: ";
                 cin>>subjects;

i will be very thankful if you help me.

[Wolfenstien]

Hmmm i think ur problem can be solved by using cin.ignore. give it a try...

[ResidentBiscuit]

getline will get the entire line, whitespaces included. You just need to flush your buffer before using it. That';s why it's skipping your first input.

[DETpfSEw]

it ignore first input i think?

[DETpfSEw]

@burhan
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[Wolfenstien]

Yr yehi solution ha, sachi ma. -_-

[Duthomhas]

The getline() function reads everything, including the '\n' (which is when the user pressed the Enter/Return key).

The problem is that cin >> my_string does not read the newline, so when you next try to use getline(), you get an empty line.

Here is an old post of mine demonstrating the issue and how to correct it:
http://www.cplusplus.com/forum/beginner/20577/#msg107828

Hope this helps.