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// ask for a person's name, and greet the person
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
int main()
{
// ask for the person's name
std::cout << "Please enter your first name: ";
// read the name
std::string name; // define name
std::cin >> name; // read one word into name
// write a greeting
std::cout << "Hello, " << name << "!" << std::endl;
return 0;
}
Output :
Please enter your first name: Pejman
Hello, Pejman!
// ask for a person's name, and generate a framed greeting
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
int main()
{
std::cout << "Please enter your first name: ";
std::string name;
std::cin >> name;
// build the message that we intend to write
std::string greeting = " Hello, " + name + "! ";
// build the second and fourth lines of the output
std::string spaces(greeting.size(), ' ');
std::string second = "*" + spaces + "*";
// build the first and fifth lines of the output
std::string first(second.size(), '*');
// write it all
std::cout << first << std::endl
<< second << std::endl
<< "*" << greeting << "*" << std::endl
<< second << std::endl
<< first << std::endl;
}
Output :
Please enter your first name: Pejman
******************
* *
* Hello, Pejman! *
* *
******************
BY: Pejman Moghadam
TAG: cpp, cin, string
DATE: 2011-09-17 01:26:11