C++ Press Enter to Continue

Question

This doesn't work:

string temp;
cout << "Press Enter to Continue";
cin >> temp;

Answer 1

Try:

char temp;
cin.get(temp);

or, better yet:

char temp = 'x';
while (temp != '\n')
    cin.get(temp);

I think the string input will wait until you enter real characters, not just a newline.

Answer 2

cout << "Press Enter to Continue";
cin.ignore();

or, better:

#include <limits>
cout << "Press Enter to Continue";
cin.ignore(std::numeric_limits<streamsize>::max(),'\n');

A succinct answer for an equally succinct question.

Answer 3

Try using std::cin.get() rather than std::cin::operator<<()

EDIT: Others were faster.

Billy3

Answer 4

Replace your cin >> temp with:

temp = cin.get();

http://www.cplusplus.com/reference/iostream/istream/get/

cin >> will wait for the EndOfFile. By default, cin will have the skipws flag set, which means it 'skips over' any whitespace before it is extracted and put into your string.