Read three letter at most
#include <iostream> #include <iomanip> // Manipulator setw() #include <string> // Class string using namespace std; int main() //from ww w . j av a 2 s .co m { string word; // To read a word. cout << "Let's go! Press the return key: "; cin.get(); // Input newline character cout << " Enter a word " // " "containing three characters at the most: ";// " cin >> setw(3) >> word; cout << "Your input: " << word << endl; return 0; }