what does cin.get function do??
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Depends on how you use it. Here is a link with an example:
http://www.cplusplus.com/reference/iostream/istream/get.html
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VernonDozier
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what does cin.get function do??
Depends on how you use it. Here is a link with an example:
http://www.cplusplus.com/reference/iostream/istream/get.html
Ancient Dragon
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It gets one character from the keyboard.
VernonDozier
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It gets one character from the keyboard.
Always one? This line is from the cplusplus.com example. I've never used it to get more than one myself:
cin.get (str,256);
Ancient Dragon
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Yes it can be used to extract more than one caracter. I always use cin.getline( ... ) for that since it has more options, you can tell it what terminating character to use.
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