How to read string with space (help please)

[shaft]

hi
i have the following code :

string addrress;
cin >> address;
cout << address;

if I enter any string with space in between , it will save the first word only.

e.g. if i enter "this is a test"

address = this

how can I make address to have the rest of the string too. please help

[shamik]

use gets(address) instead of cin>>address

and puts(address) instead of cout<<address

[shaft]

thanks it works. but i had to declare address as Char not string. so how can i get the size or length of the Char. is like (string.size or string.length). advise me please.

regard's

[Ganon11]

string addrress;
cin >> address;
cout << address;

If you want to keep address as a string, use the getline function:

getline(istreamVar, stringVar);

where istreamVar would be cin, and stringVar is address. This will get every character in the input stream until a newline character is found. So, with your example, if you entered "this is a test", address would hold "this is a test".