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I am new to C++ and I want to prompt the user to enter 10 characters exactly, anything more will just be ignored for example:



  • Please enter 10 characters:

123412341234



  • You entered: 1234123412

//and the 34 will be ignored because they entered more than 10



I got to here now:



string userInput;

cout << "Please enter 10 characters!n";
cin >> userInput;

cout << "You entered: "<< userInput << endl;


Thank you everyone. Hope I am as accurate as I can be.










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    Let the user enter anything they want, and have your program chop off any excess characters.
    – PaulMcKenzie
    Nov 12 at 0:07










  • Mabe look at Char16.size() and Char16.resize()?
    – Galik
    Nov 12 at 0:21














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I am new to C++ and I want to prompt the user to enter 10 characters exactly, anything more will just be ignored for example:



  • Please enter 10 characters:

123412341234



  • You entered: 1234123412

//and the 34 will be ignored because they entered more than 10



I got to here now:



string userInput;

cout << "Please enter 10 characters!n";
cin >> userInput;

cout << "You entered: "<< userInput << endl;


Thank you everyone. Hope I am as accurate as I can be.










share|improve this question



















  • 1




    Let the user enter anything they want, and have your program chop off any excess characters.
    – PaulMcKenzie
    Nov 12 at 0:07










  • Mabe look at Char16.size() and Char16.resize()?
    – Galik
    Nov 12 at 0:21












up vote
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down vote

favorite









up vote
0
down vote

favorite











I am new to C++ and I want to prompt the user to enter 10 characters exactly, anything more will just be ignored for example:



  • Please enter 10 characters:

123412341234



  • You entered: 1234123412

//and the 34 will be ignored because they entered more than 10



I got to here now:



string userInput;

cout << "Please enter 10 characters!n";
cin >> userInput;

cout << "You entered: "<< userInput << endl;


Thank you everyone. Hope I am as accurate as I can be.










share|improve this question















I am new to C++ and I want to prompt the user to enter 10 characters exactly, anything more will just be ignored for example:



  • Please enter 10 characters:

123412341234



  • You entered: 1234123412

//and the 34 will be ignored because they entered more than 10



I got to here now:



string userInput;

cout << "Please enter 10 characters!n";
cin >> userInput;

cout << "You entered: "<< userInput << endl;


Thank you everyone. Hope I am as accurate as I can be.







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  • 1




    Let the user enter anything they want, and have your program chop off any excess characters.
    – PaulMcKenzie
    Nov 12 at 0:07










  • Mabe look at Char16.size() and Char16.resize()?
    – Galik
    Nov 12 at 0:21












  • 1




    Let the user enter anything they want, and have your program chop off any excess characters.
    – PaulMcKenzie
    Nov 12 at 0:07










  • Mabe look at Char16.size() and Char16.resize()?
    – Galik
    Nov 12 at 0:21







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1




Let the user enter anything they want, and have your program chop off any excess characters.
– PaulMcKenzie
Nov 12 at 0:07




Let the user enter anything they want, and have your program chop off any excess characters.
– PaulMcKenzie
Nov 12 at 0:07












Mabe look at Char16.size() and Char16.resize()?
– Galik
Nov 12 at 0:21




Mabe look at Char16.size() and Char16.resize()?
– Galik
Nov 12 at 0:21












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Just ask the user to enter a string and then take the substring of that



std::string userInput;

std::cout << "Please enter 10 characters: ";
std::cin >> userInput;

if(userInput.length() > 10)

userInput = userInput.substr(0, 10);


std::cout << "You entered: " << userInput << std::endl;





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    Just ask the user to enter a string and then take the substring of that



    std::string userInput;

    std::cout << "Please enter 10 characters: ";
    std::cin >> userInput;

    if(userInput.length() > 10)

    userInput = userInput.substr(0, 10);


    std::cout << "You entered: " << userInput << std::endl;





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      Just ask the user to enter a string and then take the substring of that



      std::string userInput;

      std::cout << "Please enter 10 characters: ";
      std::cin >> userInput;

      if(userInput.length() > 10)

      userInput = userInput.substr(0, 10);


      std::cout << "You entered: " << userInput << std::endl;





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        up vote
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        Just ask the user to enter a string and then take the substring of that



        std::string userInput;

        std::cout << "Please enter 10 characters: ";
        std::cin >> userInput;

        if(userInput.length() > 10)

        userInput = userInput.substr(0, 10);


        std::cout << "You entered: " << userInput << std::endl;





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        Just ask the user to enter a string and then take the substring of that



        std::string userInput;

        std::cout << "Please enter 10 characters: ";
        std::cin >> userInput;

        if(userInput.length() > 10)

        userInput = userInput.substr(0, 10);


        std::cout << "You entered: " << userInput << std::endl;






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