I'm creating a program that involves a dictionary of terms and definitions. It requires me to create two string arrays of an inputted length. Then prompt the user to input the terms and definitions respectively. It has 2 functions, the main function (works as the input function), and the output function. I have included my code with this.
My issue is the output that I'm getting, it seems to not recognize index 0 for terms as anything. It skips it and put everything forward one index. I think it's something with my getline() function.
I've tried cin.ignore() and that only deletes the first character of each string.
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
using namespace std;
//Main acts as the input function
int main() {
//Declarations
void output(string* terms, string* definitions, int numEnteries);
string* terms;
string* definitions;
int numEnteries;
//Input
cout << "How many terms would you like in the dictionary?: " << endl;
cin >> numEnteries;
//Making the arrays the size the user wants
terms = new string[numEnteries];
definitions = new string[numEnteries];
//Inputs for both terms and definitions
//I think the issue may be in this loop, I may be wrong though
for (int i = 0; i < numEnteries; i++){
cout << "Enter term " << (i+1) << ":";
getline(cin, terms[i]);
cin >> ws;
cout << "Enter the definition for '" << terms[i] << "': ";
getline(cin, definitions[i]);
cin >> ws;
}
//Calling the output function
output(terms, definitions, numEnteries);
return 0;
}
void output(string terms[], string definitions[], int numEnteries){
cout << "You entered: " << endl;
//Outputting the terms and definitions in order
for (int i = 0; i < numEnteries; i++){
cout << (i+1) << ". " << terms[i] << ": ";
cout << definitions[i] << endl;
}
//Deleting the "new" arrays
delete[] terms;
delete[] definitions;
I expected the output to be a nice list like: 1. "Term 1: Def 1" 2. "Term 2: Def 2" ... etc
But instead I'm getting: 1. : term 1 2. def 1: term 2 3. def 2: term 3
