Question

int main()
{
char answer;
cout << "(A)ppend Records, (S)how Records, (E)xit " ;
cin >> answer;

switch(answer)
{
case 'S':
readData();
break;
case 'A':
writeData();
default:
break;
}

return 0;
}


//Write Data Function
void writeData()
{
string fname,street,city,state,zipcode;
char ans;

ofstream myFile;
myFile.open(FileName,ios::out | ios::app);

//cout << "Append Records\n\n";

do {

cout << "\nEnter Name:";
getline (cin,fname);

cout << "Street: ";
getline (cin,street);

cout << "City: ";
getline (cin,city);

Answer 1

what is wrong with this code?

Answer 2

it's incomplete :-D

Answer 3

I know i just pasted the portion of it but my question is when I run the program it work correctly but when I select A to append the file it skip asking name and prompts at street?

Answer 4

use a site like pastebin or http://ideone.com

Answer 5

o thanks for the site

Answer 6

that's strange.... nothing obviously wrong with the code up there :(

Answer 7

Thats what im saying..I am done looking at this code but it just don't seems to work for me

Answer 8

http://pastebin.com/eZzW8MAM

Answer 9

Try flushing the input buffer before the getline()

Answer 10

nice tip, how would I do that...

Answer 11

cin.ignore(); right above the getline

Answer 12

worth a try :-D

Answer 13

did it work?

Answer 14

your genius man!

Answer 15

IT JUST WORKED!

Answer 16

i was going crazzy with code for two days.

Answer 17

yeah C++ is strange sometimes :(