How do I get the company name to show all of it?

Question

My output:

Enter the name of the company

Enter shares of stock

Enter purchase price

Enter sale price Company: "Still"

Expected Output (should look like)

Enter the name of the company

Enter sale price Company: "Still not a real company"

#include <iostream>

#include <iomanip>

#include <string>

using namespace std;

Expected Output

const double Commission = 0.035;

int main()

{

double PurchasePrice;

double SoldPrice;

int NumShares;

double TotalCost;

double gainLoss;

double TotalGains;

string CompName;

std::cout << std::fixed;

std::cout << std::setprecision(2);

// User inserts company name, purchase price, and the selling price

cout << "Enter the name of the company" << endl;

cin >> CompName;

cout << "Enter shares of stock" << endl;

cin >> NumShares;

cout << "Enter purchase price" << endl;

cin >> PurchasePrice;

cout << "Enter sale price" << endl;

cin >> SoldPrice;

cout << endl;

// Calculations

TotalCost = (PurchasePrice * NumShares) + (PurchasePrice * NumShares * Commission);

TotalGains = (SoldPrice * NumShares) - (SoldPrice * NumShares * Commission);

gainLoss = TotalGains - TotalCost;

// Display Company and Shares

cout << "Company: " << CompName << endl;

cout << "Shares: " << NumShares << noshowpoint << endl;

cout << endl;

cout << "Purchase/share: $" << PurchasePrice << endl;

cout << "Cost of stock: $" << PurchasePrice * NumShares << endl;

cout << "Cost of commission: $" << (PurchasePrice * NumShares) * Commission << endl;

cout << "Total cost: $" << TotalCost << endl;

cout << endl;

// Dispaly Selling Values

cout << "Sale/share: $" << SoldPrice << noshowpoint << endl;

cout << "Income from stock: $" << SoldPrice * NumShares << endl;

cout << "Cost of commission: $" << SoldPrice * NumShares * Commission << endl;

cout << "Total income: $" << TotalGains << endl;

cout << endl;

//Dispaly gains or loss

cout << "Gain or loss: $" << gainLoss << endl;

return 0;

}

Answer 1

cin will only grab the next input separated by spaces. Therefore, when you type a whole sentence it will grab only the first word. To grab the whole sentence use getline(cin, CompName).

getline(a,b) will grab the whole input until it sees a new line (which is found because you hit enter after entering the input).

'a' represents the stream in which you want to grab the input from and in this case you want it from cin.

'b' represents where this data will be stored and in this case you store it in CompName.