::> for some reason I can't seem to input a string with spaces in it.
::> am I missing something?
::> like:
::> char testvar[100];
::> cin >> testvar;
::> how come I only get the first word?
cin only reads up to the first white-space character.
try:
cin.getline(testvar, 99, '\n');
That will read up to 99 characters from cin, into testvar, stopping when the
enter key is pressed.
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