I have this section of code in my program infile.get(listing19, 50); infile.ignore(80, ''\n''); infile.close(); cin>> overwrite_number; cout << "What is the model of the truck?\n"; cin.get (truck_name, 50); cin.ignore (80, ''\n''); cout << "What is the name of the truck manufacturer?\n"; cin.get (truck_manufacturer, 50); cin.ignore (80, ''\n''); when it gets to take input for truck_name it skips it.. it reads what is the model of the truck what is the name of the manufacturer of the truck now it waits for input.. any ideas?? thanx in advance

I have had this problem often. My solution used to be to put a useless cin >> random; statement before the one that was getting skipped, but that is just a workaround. I recently learned that the problem is the carraige return is not being removed from the keyboard buffer by cin all the time. If you flush cin (I forget the syntax, maybe cin.flush()?) then it won''t do this anymore.

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