Use cin to read char array as string - C++ Language Basics

Description

Use cin to read char array as string

Demo Code

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
#include <iomanip>
int main()//w ww.  j  ava  2 s .c o m
{
   char first[20], last[20];
   cout << "What is your first name? ";
   cin >> first;
   cout << "What is your last name? ";
   cin >> last;
   cout << "\n\n";     // Prints two blank lines.
   cout << "In a phone book, your name would look like this:\n";
   cout << last << ", " << first;
   return 0;
}

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