new line character(enter key) in C++

Question

I want to write a program to do a process after each sentences. like this:

char letter;
while(std::cin >> letter)
{
  if(letter == '\n')
  { 
    // here do the process and show the results.
  }

}

I want that when the user press the enter key (means that the sentences is finished) so that we do a process and then after showing some result the user can enter new phrases but the line if(letter == '\n') doesn't work as I expect. please tell me how I can do this. thank you.

Answer 1

If I understand your question and you want to trap the '\n' character, then you need to use std::cin.get(letter) instead of std::cin >> letter; As explained in the comment, the >> operator will discard leading whitespace, so the '\n' left in stdin is ignored on your next loop iteration.

std::cin.get() is a raw read and will read each character in stdin. See std::basic_istream::get For example:

#include <iostream>

int main (void) {
    
    char letter;
    
    while (std::cin.get(letter)) {
        if (letter == '\n')
            std::cout << "got newline\n";
    }
}

Will generate a "got newline" output after Enter is pressed each time.