Question

C++: How do you make getline() to stop reading when it encounters a # rather than a newline?

Answer 1

If you mean reading up to but not including the first # that it encounters, you can write getline(cin, foo, '#'); i.e.: int main() { string foo; getline(cin, foo, '#'); cout << foo; } will, for instance, return "asdf" if you input "asdf#". Look up getline delimeter on the C++ tutorial page.

Answer 2

haha thanks, i figured that out as I slaved through my introductory C++ project haha