C++ cin whitespace question

Question

Programming novice here. I\'m trying to allow a user to enter their name, firstName middleName lastName on one line in the console (ex. \"John Jane Doe\"). I want to make th

Answer 1

Use getline and then parse using a stringstream.

#include 

string line;
getline( cin, line );
istringstream parse( line );

string first, middle, last;
parse >> first >> middle >> last;
if ( last.empty() ) swap( middle, last );