Question

I have just started work on asmall program that sends text over net (TON) I havent quite started but when I compile this happens when I have a space in my name

Username: Knight Hawk3
LAN (1) or Net (0):
(Here it wont let me enter data)
Process returned 1 (0x1)   execution time : 3.670 s
Press any key to continue.

Here is what normally (should) happen

Username: Knight
LAN (1) or Net (0):
1

Process returned 1 (0x1)   execution time : 2.134 s
Press any key to continue.

Here is my source

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// Headers
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#include <SFML/Window.hpp>
#include <SFML/System.hpp>
#include <SFML/Graphics.hpp>
#include <SFML/Network.hpp>
#include <iostream>
#include <string>

using namespace std;

bool firstrun = true;

int main()  {

    if (firstrun) {
        cout << "Username: ";
        string name = "";
        cin >> name;
        while (name == "") {
            cout << "Invalid Enter a new name: ";
            cin >> name;
            cout << "\n";
        }
    }
    cout << "LAN (1) or Net (0): ";
    int type;
    cout << "\n";
    cin >> type;
    while (type < 0) {
            cout << "Invalid LAN (1) or Net (0): ";
            cin >> type;
    }

    return true;
}

I am running WIN7, Using Code::Blocks

Why is this happening with a space?

Answer 1

std::cin reads till the first space but keeps the rest in buffer, which will be used on the following std::cins.

If you want to read till the first '\n'(hitting enter) you have to replace std::cin with

std::getline(std::cin, name);