Cpp - cin Read text

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Introduction

The bytes read from a stream are passed to the program.

Demo

#include <iostream> 
#include <string> 
using namespace std; 

string header = "Demonstrates Unformatted Input"; 

int main(){ //from  w  w  w.ja v a  2  s.c o  m
   string word, rest; 

   cout << header << "\n\nPress <return> to go on" << endl; 

   cin.get();                  // Read the new line 
                               // without saving. 

   cout << "\nPlease enter a sentence with several words!" 
        << "\nEnd with <!> and <return>." 
        << endl; 

   cin >> word;                // Read the first word 
   getline( cin, rest, '!');   // and the remaining text 
                               // up to the character ! 

   cout << "\nThe first word:   " << word 
        << "\nRemaining text: "   << rest << endl; 

   return 0; 
}

Result

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