cin.get() problem

[<Shifty]

This schoolyear I'll be learning C++ at school, and yesterday i received my books wich i'll be using and because i was a bit curious i already started to read in it and eventually i was asked to make a simple program that will caculate your annual salary.

#include <iostream>
#include <conio.h>
using namespace std;

int main()
{
	const int MONTH_YEAR = 12;         // 12 month in a year
	int salary;                                        // monthly salary
	cout << "Typ in your salary" << endl;
	salary = cin.get();

	int annualSalary = salary * MONTH_YEAR;
	cout << "Your annual salary is " << annualSalary << " euro" << endl;
	system("PAUSE");
	return 0;
}

I think the code is pretty clear: You'll be asked to give a salary lets say 4000, then it give you your annual salary by multiplying your salary with 12 (MONTH_YEAR) but 4000 * 12 = 48000 and not 624 like i get

i'm assuming it has something to do with cin.get() though in the book they were not really clear about what it did (remembering the value i gave salary i think)

[James]

This works.
Use cin not cin.get. I've always used cin.get with characters not integer data types, or when you're reading from a file you would use cin.getline().

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

int main()
{
    const int month_year = 12;
    int salary;
    int annualSalary;

    cout << "Type in your salary" << endl;
    cin >> salary;

    annualSalary = (salary * month_year);
    cout << "Your annual salary is " << annualSalary << " euros" << endl;
    system("PAUSE");
    return 0;
}

[<Shifty]

Ok thanks james it worked.

Use cin not cin.get. I've always used cin.get with characters not integer data types, or when you're reading from a file you would use cin.getline().

I was already wondering if that was the problem. They could have mentioned this in the book though. :P