#include <string>

#include <iostream>

using namespace std;

int main()
{
     string a;
     string b;
     cout<<"Enter a word"<<endl;
     cin>>a;
     cout<<"\n\n Enter another word"<<endl;
     cin>>b;
     printf("the 2 words were %s and %s",a,b);
     return 0;
}
  

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quote: Original post by JohnAD
Radagar:

Why are you even using printf() at all? You can get the same functionality as this:

printf("the 2 words were %s and %s",a,b);

by doing this:

cout << "the 2 words were " << a << " and " << b << endl;

John.

quote: Original post by Paradigm Shifter
It does work with strings...

printf( buf, "%s", a.c_str( ) ) ;

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