cin.get

[Aramil of Elixia]

whats the difference between cin.get(char) and cin>> char?

[JLBorges]

#include <iostream>

int main()
{
    char c ;

    std::cin >> c ; // gets the next non-whitespace char (discards leading whitespaces)

    std::cin.get(c) ; // gets the next char (which may be a white space)

    std::cin >> std::noskipws ;
    std::cin >> c ; // gets the next char (which may be a white space)
}

[Aramil of Elixia]

ok and whats cin.putback(ch)?

[j2NvC542]

That's pretty self explanatory, don't you think? Puts a character back to the istream so you can read it again (you might want to read it into another data type).

[JLBorges]

With the caveat: what is guaranteed by the standard is that we can putback one character after a succesfull read of that character.