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Really Simple IO Problem

 
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Really Simple IO Problem
Beeeph
post 14 Mar, 2008 - 04:16 PM
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For some reason, this very simple code doesn't read in the very first character...

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char strScenario[80] = {0};

cout << "Enter name of scenario" -->;
gets(strScenario);


if I type in "scenario01" in the console window, the data inside strScenario after this code is "cenario01", it's missing the first character. I've tried many different variations of this code, such as...

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char strScenario[80] = {0};

cout << "Enter name of scenario" -->;
cin.getline(strScenario, 80);



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char strScenario[80] = {0};

cout << "Enter name of scenario" -->;
cout.flush();
cin.getline(strScenario, 80);


and they all produce the same results, the first character is missing. Why?!?

and when i do this...

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char strScenario[80] = {0};

cout << "Enter name of scenario" -->;
cin >> strScenario;


i get "ar" as the data.

any ideas? Thanks in advance!

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letthecolorsrumble
post 14 Mar, 2008 - 04:33 PM
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cout << "Enter name of scenario" -->;

to

cout << "Enter name of scenario -->";

see the difference :)
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post 14 Mar, 2008 - 04:43 PM
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QUOTE(letthecolorsrumble @ 14 Mar, 2008 - 05:33 PM) *

cout << "Enter name of scenario" -->;

to

cout << "Enter name of scenario -->";

see the difference smile.gif



sorry, that was just a typo when I was writing this post. Obviously the code wouldn't have compiled if that were the actual code and I wouldn't be experiencing weird run-time bugs because the program wouldn't run in the first place. Sorry about that mistake.

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post 14 Mar, 2008 - 05:06 PM
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int main() {
        

    char strScenario[80] = {0};

    cout << "Enter name of scenario -->";
    gets(strScenario);

    cout << strScenario << endl;

    return 0;

}


This code is working fine. It is the same that you have posted one the top.


The Output:
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Enter name of scenario -->scenario01
scenario01
Press any key to continue


*edit: So I hope that the problem is just your compiler, or computer, otherwise it would be really weird.

This post has been edited by letthecolorsrumble: 14 Mar, 2008 - 07:24 PM
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Beeeph
post 14 Mar, 2008 - 05:28 PM
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QUOTE(letthecolorsrumble @ 14 Mar, 2008 - 06:06 PM) *

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int main() {
        

    char strScenario[80] = {0};

    cout << "Enter name of scenario -->";
    gets(strScenario);

    cout << strScenario << endl;

    return 0;

}


This code is working fine. It is the same that you have posted one the top.


The Output:
CODE

Enter name of scenario -->scenario01
scenario01
Press any key to continue



I know the code is structured fine and, as such, should work fine. I guess what I'm asking, does anyone have any ideas why this problem might be occurring on my machines and, if so, how it might be fixed. Thanks.

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