Is there a reason why if in my program I am asking the user for input, and I do:
int number;
string str;
int accountNumber;
cout << "Enter number:";
cin >> number;
cout << "Enter name:";
getline(cin, str);
cout << "Enter account number:";
cin >> accountNumber;
Why after inputting the first number, it outputs "Enter Name", followed immediately by "Enter Account Number" before I even get to input my "str" for the getline(cin, str) line? Thanks!
Answer
The getline(cin, str); reads the newline that comes after the number read previously, and immediately returns with this "line". To avoid this you can skip whitespace with std::ws before reading the name:
cout << "Enter number:";
cin >> number;
cout << "Enter name:";
ws(cin);
getline(cin, str);
...
Note that this also skips leading whitespace after the newline, so str will not start with spaces, even if the user did input them. But in this case that's probably a feature, not a bug...