I have a string that I need to split into four variables: cmd1, cmd2, id, address.

I have this:

string x = "ADD ADDRESS 001 21 PARKWAY DRIVE";
string cmd1, cmd2, id, address;
istringstream ss(x);

ss >> cmd1 >> cmd2 >> id >> address;
cout << cmd1 << endl << cmd2 << endl << id << endl << address;

The problem is that if the address input has a space in it, it will only take the input up to the first space, as stringstream does, so how would I get the entire address and store it into "address"?

Looking for this:

INPUT: ADD ADDRESS 001 21 PARKWAY DRIVE

STORED:
cmd1 = ADD
cmd2 = ADDRESS
id = 001
address = 21 PARKWAY DRIVE

Right now, i'm getting this:

INPUT: ADD ADDRESS 001 21 PARKWAY DRIVE

STORED:
cmd1 = ADD
cmd2 = ADDRESS
id = 001
address = 21

Perhaps there is a better method, other than stringstream to split up a string this way?

One way is to read string until id:

ss >> cmd1 >> cmd2 >> id;

and then use getline for address:

getline(ss, address);

also to remove the extra space you can use a string function called substr or use ws:

address = address.substr(1,address.size()); or

ws(ss);

so your program will look like:

#include <iostream>
#include <sstream>
using namespace std;
int main(){

string x = "ADD ADDRESS 001 21 PARKWAY DRIVE";
string cmd1, cmd2, id, address;
istringstream ss(x);

ss >> cmd1 >> cmd2 >> id;
ws(ss);
getline(ss, address);

cout << cmd1 << endl << cmd2 << endl << id << endl << address;

return 0;
}

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