string::getline

Illustrates how to use the string::getline Standard Template Library (STL) class in Visual C++.

template<class _E, class _TYPE, class _A> inline
   basic_istream<_E, _TYPE>& getline(
   basic_istream<_E, _TYPE>& Istream,
   basic_string<_E, _TYPE, _A>& Xstring,
   const _E _D=_TYPE::newline( )
   );

Remarks

The getline function creates a string containing all of the characters from the input stream until one of the following situations occurs: - End of file. - The delimiter is encountered. - is.max_str elements have been extracted.

Example

// string_getline_sample.cpp
// compile with: /EHsc
// Illustrates how to use the getline function to read a
// line of text from the keyboard.
//
// Functions:
//
//    getline       Returns a string from the input stream.
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

#pragma warning(disable:4786)
#include <string>
#include <iostream>

using namespace std ;

int main()
{
   string s1;
   cout << "Enter a sentence (use <space> as the delimiter): ";
   getline(cin,s1, ' ');
   cout << "You entered: " << s1 << endl;;
}

test this

Enter a sentence (use <space> as the delimiter): test this
You entered: test

Requirements

Header: <string>

See Also

Concepts

Standard Template Library Samples