Problem with cin.getline and the buffer

[MidnightSky00]

Hi there,

I seem to be having a very simple problem here, but yet I can't figure it out. When I run the following, if someone enters a string that is larger than 20 the program will kick out. I am pretty sure I know why, but yet I don't know how to fix it without just increasing the buffer size, which is not what I want to do, if possible.

It's very simplistic code, and it is embarrassing that I can't resolve this.

Thanks for the help in advance.





#include <iostream.h>

void main()
{


char word1[3][20];
int x;

for (x=0;x<3;x++)
{
cout << &quot;\nEnter a word: &quot;;

cin.getline(word1[x],20);
}
//cin.ignore();


for (x=0;x<3;x++)
{
cout << &quot;\nYour word was &quot; << word1[x] << &quot;\n\n&quot;;
}



}

 

[Leibnitz]

well,there is nothing wrong with the program,but from the declaration of the variable named &quot;word&quot;,it is clear that the maximun length for each word is 20.Otherwise,you will have a buffer overflow.And yes,if you want to have longer words,you'll have to increase the buffer size;

#include <iostream.h>
#define MAX_SIZE 20

void main()
{
char word1[3][MAX_SIZE];
int x;

for (x=0;x<3;x++)
{
cout << &quot;\nEnter a word: &quot;;

cin.getline(word1[x],MAX_SIZE);
}
//cin.ignore();


for (x=0;x<3;x++)
{
cout << &quot;\nYour word was &quot; << word1[x] << &quot;\n\n&quot;;
}
}