Question

I am trying to read from stdin using C++, using this code

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

int main() {
    while(cin) {
        getline(cin, input_line);
        cout << input_line << endl;
    };
    return 0;
}

when i compile, i get this error..

[root@proxy-001 krisdigitx]# g++ -o capture -O3 capture.cpp
capture.cpp: In function âint main()â:
capture.cpp:6: error: âinput_lineâ was not declared in this scope

Any ideas whats missing?

Answer 1

You have not defined the variable input_line.

Add this:

string input_line;

And add this include.

#include <string>

Here is the full example. I also removed the semi-colon after the while loop, and you should have getline inside the while to properly detect the end of the stream.

#include <iostream>
#include <string>

int main() {
    for (std::string line; std::getline(std::cin, line);) {
        std::cout << line << std::endl;
    }
    return 0;
}