Question

Given the input data

January 25, 2005

and the input statement

getline(cin, string1);

a. What is contained in each of the string variables after the statement is executed?

Answer 1

The variable 'string1' will contain the entire input 'January 25, 2005' including spaces, as the getline function reads the entire line until the newline character is encountered.

Step-by-step explanation:

When the line getline(cin, string1); is executed in C++, the entire line from the standard input (usually the keyboard) is read until a newline character is encountered. Assuming that 'January 25, 2005' is the input provided by the user before they hit the enter key, the variable string1 will contain 'January 25, 2005' including the spaces between the words. The function getline is designed to read a line of text, which allows it to capture the spaces as well as the alphanumeric characters in the input.