Well I am coding a small intermediate program to help me with learning c++ , and i am wondering how to check for blank input to cin >> string

heres what i have

string name;

cout << "Enter You're Name: ";
getline(cin, name);

and if i just hit enter without typing any name the program just stays blank

it is a console app btw

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add some check to name.

if (name.empty()){
 cout <<"You entered nothing..."<<endl;
}

loop through it and make sure at least one character isn't a space would also tell you.

Oh, and it's "Your" instead of "You're", you're = you are

Use a loop:

string name;

cout << "Enter You're Name: ";
while(name.empty())
  getline(cin, name);
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