Question

How to use cin manipulator to skip the first N characters from input in C++

Answer 1

#include <iostream>

using namespace std;

istream &skip4chars(istream &stream)
{
	char ch;

	for (int i = 0; i < 4; i++) stream >> ch;

	return stream;
}

int main()
{
	char s[30];

	cout << "Enter a string: ";
	cin >> skip4chars >> s;

	cout << s << endl;

	return 0;
}

/*
run:

Enter a string: programming_c++
ramming_c++

*/

 

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