PO> I am fairly new at C++ and i have encountered a pretty major
Well, welcome to hell, kid.  Now every two bit that wanders into town
will be trying to take you down, just to make a name for himself. 
Well you asked for it.
PO> to use 'getline' in its place. However 'getline' doesn't work all
PO> the time either especially when i do something like:
PO> 
PO> char name[20];
PO> cout<<"Enter name: ";
PO> getline(name, cin);
PO> 
PO> It just wont work.  How would I remedy this problem without
PO> limiting the user to just their first or last name.
Probably won't even compile, !!!  Try this one instead :
cin.getline ( name , 20 ) ;
cin is an object of class  istream.  The istream class has the getline
method defined as a class member method.  Which compiler are
you using, just for my curiosity?
Thanks
Peter
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