Is there a common interface for cin and file input? I want to make a program that has an optional parameter prog [input-file] If an input file is specified, then it should read from the file, and if not, it should read from cin. From what I can tell, they both implement istream. How would you set up it so that I could do something l...
Why does cin.getline start working for the second line on the body input but break on the first? Example Program run: Enter name: Will Enter body: hello world hello again <= It accepts this one char* name = new char[100]; char* body = new char[500]; std::cout << "Enter name: "; std::cin.clear(); std::cin.ignore(std::numeric_l...
I am having a problem, but I cannot figure out what I'm doing wrong. I'm not sure if it's a problem with my loop, or the cin buffer is not being cleaned. I am doing a program that transforms a C-style string to uppercase, however if the user enters more than 11 characters, then the function should only display the first 11, and anything ...