C++ iostream: Using cin >> var and getline(cin, var) input errors

Question

I\'m creating a simple console application in C++ that gets string and char inputs from the user. To make things simple, I would like to use the string and

Answer 1

cin>>var;

only grabs the var from the buffer, it leaves the \n in the buffer, which is then immediately grabbed up by the getline

So, following is just fine, (if I understood correctly your problem)

cin>>var;
cin.ignore();     //Skip trailing '\n'
getline(cin, var);

As per your edited post

You don't have to use cin.ignore(); for geline

This extracts characters from buffer and stores them into firstName or (lastName) until the delimitation character here -newline ('\n').