How to end input - Ctrl Z doesn't seem to work

[Angus]

Hello

I am using getline (and an example from Accelerated C++) but when I try to
end the input I use Ctrl Z but in the console window just see ^Z - and input
does NOT end - just carries on requesting input. I am on Windows platform.

What am I doing wrong?

Puzzled Person

 

[Alf P. Steinbach]

* Angus:

I am using getline (and an example from Accelerated C++) but when I try to
end the input I use Ctrl Z but in the console window just see ^Z - and input
does NOT end - just carries on requesting input. I am on Windows platform.

What am I doing wrong?

From a C++ perspective the most likely problem is your testing of end
of file.

Post the code.

From a Windows user perspective, it may be that you're not typing Ctrl
Z on a line of its own, but how to use various command interpreters etc.
is off-topic in this group -- see the FAQ for group suggestions.

 

[Andrew Koenig]

From a C++ perspective the most likely problem is your testing of end of
file.

One other possibility: Some C++ implementations have bugs that require you
to type ^Z twice.

You're probably better off putting the input data into a file and then
running your program with its standard input redirected to read from the
file.