What am I not understanding about getline+strings?
arrays, c++, getline, string
Solution
The reason it's appearing to skip the first iteration is because when you do
cin >> size1;
You enter a number and hit the Enter key. `cin` reads the integer and leaves the newline character unread on the buffer, so that when you call `getline`, it's as if you immediately hit the enter key, and `getline` reads nothing (because it stops before reading the newline character), discards the newline, and puts the empty string in `quest1[0]`. And that's why the rest of the `getline`s work "correctly".
Add `cin.ignore('\n')` above your loop to get rid of the lingering `'\n'`, and that should make it work, barring other errors in your code.
And don't forget to change `x = x++` to just `x++` to avoid UB.
Problem
This is my first time using stackoverflow. I've been unable to find out the information I need regarding getline. I'm in a simple programming class for engineering transfers so the code that we write is pretty simple. All i'm trying to do here is put a user-defined number of questions and answers into two different arrays. My while loop looks like this (I was using a for loop but switched to while just to see if it would stop breaking): ``` int main () { srand((unsigned)time(0)); string quest1[100], answ1[100]; int size1, x = 0, num, count1, visit[100], shuffle[100]; fstream flashcard1; cout << "flashcard.cpp by NAME\n" << endl; cout << "This program allows user to manipulate questions and answers for studying.\n" << endl; cout << "\nHow many flash cards will be entered(MAX 100)? "; cin >> size1; cout << endl; while(x < size1) { cout << "Enter Question: "; getline(cin , quest1[x]); cout << endl; x = x++; /* cout << "Enter Answer: " << endl; getline(cin,answ1[x]); cout << endl; flashcard1.open("flashcard1.dat", ios::app); flashcard1 << quest1[x] << " " << answ1[x] << endl; flashcard1.close(); cout << "Data Stored." << endl; */ } } ``` I noted out the answer entering part as well as the saving data to the file just for debugging. When I run the program it skips the getline for the first question, displays the second loop of "Enter question" and the getline works for the rest of them. So if I have a size1 of 5, the program only fills array positions 1-4. Please help. This is a simple flash card program that will do the same thing as if you were to create flash cards to study and shuffle them.