// COM 1100, Fall 2000, Prof. Futrelle
// Better getline() replacement,
//  source code and example.
// 11/09/00

#include <iostream.h>
#include <string>

using namespace std;

// Prototypes
istream & getline( istream & in, string & str, char delim );
  istream & getline( istream & in, string & str );

// Function definitions
istream & getline( istream & in, string & str, char delim )
{
  char ch;
  str = "";     // empty string, will build one char at-a-time

  while( in.get( ch ) && ch != delim )
    str += ch;

  return in;
}

istream & getline( istream & in, string & str )
{
  return getline( in, str, '\n' );
}

// demonstration of use of the getline functions
void main()
{
  string inString;

  cout << "type in stuff\n";

  getline(cin, inString, '\n'); // designate the delimiter
  cout << inString << endl;

  getline(cin, inString); // use default delimiter '\n'
  cout << inString << endl;
}