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Manipulator that skips until end-of-line
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/* The following code example is taken from the book
* "The C++ Standard Library - A Tutorial and Reference"
* by Nicolai M. Josuttis, Addison-Wesley, 1999
*
* (C) Copyright Nicolai M. Josuttis 1999.
* Permission to copy, use, modify, sell and distribute this software
* is granted provided this copyright notice appears in all copies.
* This software is provided "as is" without express or implied
* warranty, and with no claim as to its suitability for any purpose.
*/
#include <iostream>
#include <vector>
#include <set>
#include <algorithm>
#include <limits>
template <class charT, class traits>
inline
std::basic_istream<charT,traits>&
ignoreLine (std::basic_istream<charT,traits>& strm)
{
// skip until end-of-line
strm.ignore(std::numeric_limits<int>::max(),strm.widen('\n'));
// return stream for concatenation
return strm;
}
int main()
{
int i;
std::cout << "read int and ignore rest of the line" << std::endl;
std::cin >> i;
// ignore the rest of the line
std::cin >> ignoreLine;
std::cout << "int: " << i << std::endl;
std::cout << "read int and ignore two lines" << std::endl;
std::cin >> i;
// ignore two lines
std::cin >> ignoreLine >> ignoreLine;
std::cout << "int: " << i << std::endl;
}
read int and ignore rest of the line
123 qwe
int: 123
read int and ignore two lines
123wer
asdf
int: 123
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