How to cin values into a vector - c++

Question

I'm trying to ask the user to enter numbers that will be pushed into a vector,
then using a function call to count these numbers.
why is this not working? I'm only able to count the first number.
template <typename T>
void write_vector(const vector<T>& V)
{
cout << "The numbers in the vector are: " << endl;
for(int i=0; i < V.size(); i++)
cout << V[i] << " ";
}
int main()
{
int input;
vector<int> V;
cout << "Enter your numbers to be evaluated: " << endl;
cin >> input;
V.push_back(input);
write_vector(V);
return 0;
}

Answer 1

As is, you're only reading in a single integer and pushing it into your vector. Since you probably want to store several integers, you need a loop. E.g., replace
cin >> input;
V.push_back(input);
with
while (cin >> input)
V.push_back(input);
What this does is continually pull in ints from cin for as long as there is input to grab; the loop continues until cin finds EOF or tries to input a non-integer value. The alternative is to use a sentinel value, though this prevents you from actually inputting that value. Ex:
while ((cin >> input) && input != 9999)
V.push_back(input);
will read until you try to input 9999 (or any of the other states that render cin invalid), at which point the loop will terminate.

Answer 2

You need a loop for that. So do this:
while (cin >> input) //enter any non-integer to end the loop!
{
V.push_back(input);
}
Or use this idiomatic version:
#include <iterator> //for std::istream_iterator
std::istream_iterator<int> begin(std::cin), end;
std::vector<int> v(begin, end);
write_vector(v);
You could also improve your write_vector as:
#include <algorithm> //for std::copy
template <typename T>
void write_vector(const vector<T>& v)
{
cout << "The numbers in the vector are: " << endl;
std::copy(v.begin(), v.end(), std::ostream_iterator<int>(std::cout, " "));
}

Answer 3

Other answers would have you disallow a particular number, or tell the user to enter something non-numeric in order to terminate input. Perhaps a better solution is to use std::getline() to read a line of input, then use std::istringstream to read all of the numbers from that line into the vector.
#include <iostream>
#include <sstream>
#include <vector>
int main(int argc, char** argv) {
std::string line;
int number;
std::vector<int> numbers;
std::cout << "Enter numbers separated by spaces: ";
std::getline(std::cin, line);
std::istringstream stream(line);
while (stream >> number)
numbers.push_back(number);
write_vector(numbers);
}
Also, your write_vector() implementation can be replaced with a more idiomatic call to the std::copy() algorithm to copy the elements to an std::ostream_iterator to std::cout:
#include <algorithm>
#include <iterator>
template<class T>
void write_vector(const std::vector<T>& vector) {
std::cout << "Numbers you entered: ";
std::copy(vector.begin(), vector.end(),
std::ostream_iterator<T>(std::cout, " "));
std::cout << '\n';
}
You can also use std::copy() and a couple of handy iterators to get the values into the vector without an explicit loop:
std::copy(std::istream_iterator<int>(stream),
std::istream_iterator<int>(),
std::back_inserter(numbers));
But that’s probably overkill.

Answer 4

you have 2 options:
If you know the size of vector will be (in your case/example it's seems you know it):
vector<int> V(size)
for(int i =0;i<size;i++){
cin>>V[i];
}
if you don't and you can't get it in you'r program flow then:
int helper;
while(cin>>helper){
V.push_back(helper);
}

Answer 5

If you know the size of the vector you can do it like this:
#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
int main() {
int n;
cin >> n;
vector<int> v(n);
for (auto &it : v) {
cin >> it;
}
}

Answer 6

One-liner to read a fixed amount of numbers into a vector (C++11):
#include <algorithm>
#include <iterator>
#include <iostream>
#include <vector>
#include <cstddef>
int main()
{
const std::size_t LIMIT{5};
std::vector<int> collection;
std::generate_n(std::back_inserter(collection), LIMIT,
[]()
{
return *(std::istream_iterator<int>(std::cin));
}
);
return 0;
}

Answer 7

If you know the size use this
No temporary variable used just to store user input
int main()
{
cout << "Hello World!\n";
int n;//input size
cin >> n;
vector<int>a(n);
for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
cin >> a[i];
}
//to verify output user input printed below
for (auto x : a) {
cout << x << " ";
}
return 0;
}

Answer 8

You need a second integer.
int i,n;
vector<int> V;
cout << "Enter the amount of numbers you want to evaluate: ";
cin >> i;
cout << "Enter your numbers to be evaluated: " << endl;
while (V.size() < i && cin >> n){
V.push_back(n);
}
write_vector(V);
return 0;

Answer 9

You probably want to read in more numbers, not only one.
For this, you need a loop
int main()
{
int input = 0;
while(input != -1){
vector<int> V;
cout << "Enter your numbers to be evaluated: " << endl;
cin >> input;
V.push_back(input);
write_vector(V);
}
return 0;
}
Note, with this version, it is not possible to add the number -1 as it is the "end signal".
Type numbers as long as you like, it will be aborted when you type -1.

Answer 10

cin is delimited on space, so if you try to cin "1 2 3 4 5" into a single integer, your only going to be assigning 1 to the integer, a better option is to wrap your input and push_back in a loop, and have it test for a sentinel value, and on that sentinel value, call your write function. such as
int input;
cout << "Enter your numbers to be evaluated, and 10000 to quit: " << endl;
while(input != 10000) {
cin >> input;
V.push_back(input);
}
write_vector(V);

Answer 11

You can simply do this with the help of for loop
->Ask on runtime from a user (how many inputs he want to enter) and the treat same like arrays.
int main() {
int sizz,input;
std::vector<int> vc1;
cout<< "How many Numbers you want to enter : ";
cin >> sizz;
cout << "Input Data : " << endl;
for (int i = 0; i < sizz; i++) {//for taking input form the user
cin >> input;
vc1.push_back(input);
}
cout << "print data of vector : " << endl;
for (int i = 0; i < sizz; i++) {
cout << vc1[i] << endl;
}
}

Answer 12

#include<iostream>
#include<vector>
#include<string>
using namespace std;
int main()
{
vector<string>V;
int num;
cin>>num;
string input;
while (cin>>input && num != 0) //enter any non-integer to end the loop!
{
//cin>>input;
V.push_back(input);
num--;
if(num==0)
{
vector<string>::iterator it;
for(it=V.begin();it!=V.end();it++)
cout<<*it<<endl;
};
}
return 0;
};

Answer 13

#include<iostream>
#include<vector>
#include<sstream>
using namespace std;
int main()
{
vector<string> v;
string line,t;
getline(cin,line);
istringstream iss(line);
while(iss>>t)
v.push_back(t);
vector<string>::iterator it;
for(it=v.begin();it!=v.end();it++)
cout<<*it<<endl;
return 0;
}

Answer 14

In this case your while loop will look like
int i = 0;
int a = 0;
while (i < n){
cin >> a;
V.push_back(a);
++i;
}

Answer 15

The initial size() of V will be 0, while int n contains any random value because you don't initialize it.
V.size() < n is probably false.
Silly me missed the "Enter the amount of numbers you want to evaluate: "
If you enter a n that's smaller than V.size() at that time, the loop will terminate.

Answer 16

Just add another variable.
int temp;
while (cin >> temp && V.size() < n){
V.push_back(temp);
}

Answer 17

#include<bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
int main()
{
int x,n;
cin>>x;
vector<int> v;
cout<<"Enter numbers:\n";
for(int i=0;i<x;i++)
{
cin>>n;
v.push_back(n);
}
//displaying vector contents
for(int p : v)
cout<<p<<" ";
}
A simple way to take input in vector.

Answer 18

These were two methods I tried. Both are fine to use.
int main() {
int size,temp;
cin>>size;
vector<int> ar(size);
//method 1
for(auto i=0;i<size;i++)
{ cin>>temp;
ar.insert(ar.begin()+i,temp);
}
for (auto i:ar)
cout <<i<<" ";
//method 2
for(int i=0;i<size;i++)
{
cin>>ar[i];
}
for (auto i:ar)
cout <<i<<" ";
return 0;
}

Answer 19

would be easier if you specify the size of vector by taking an input :
int main()
{
int input,n;
vector<int> V;
cout<<"Enter the number of inputs: ";
cin>>n;
cout << "Enter your numbers to be evaluated: " << endl;
for(int i=0;i<n;i++){
cin >> input;
V.push_back(input);
}
write_vector(V);
return 0;
}

Answer 20

I ran into a similar problem and this is how I did it. Using &modifying your code appropriately:
int main()
{
int input;
vector<int> V;
cout << "Enter your numbers to be evaluated: "
<< '\n' << "type "done" & keyboard Enter to stop entry"
<< '\n';
while ( (cin >> input) && input != "done") {
V.push_back(input);
}
write_vector(V);
return 0;
}

Answer 21

cout << "do you like to enter the sem 2 score "<<endl;
cin >> sem2;
if (sem2 == 'Y' || sem2 == 'y')
{
cout << "enter your subject count ";
cin >> subjectcount;
cout << " enter your scores :";
for (int i = 0; i < subjectcount; i++)
{
double ip;
cout << (i+1) << " st score ";
cin >> ip;
sem2score.push_back(ip);
}
}

Answer 22

You can extract numbers by this way:
#include <iostream>
#include <cstdio>
using namespace std;
int main()
{
int aux;
char c='\n';
char a;
while(scanf("%d", &aux))
{
cout<<aux<<endl;
if(scanf("%c",&a) && a==c)
break;
}
return 0;
}