How do I flush the cin buffer?
Solution 1:
I would prefer the C++ size constraints over the C versions:
// Ignore to the end of file
cin.ignore(std::numeric_limits<std::streamsize>::max())
// Ignore to the end of line
cin.ignore(std::numeric_limits<std::streamsize>::max(), '\n')
Solution 2:
Possibly:
std::cin.ignore(INT_MAX);
This would read in and ignore everything until EOF. (you can also supply a second argument which is the character to read until (ex: '\n' to ignore a single line).
Also: You probably want to do a: std::cin.clear(); before this too to reset the stream state.