jimblumberg, on 04 June 2013 - 02:56 PM, said:

/* Function to convert a name from Last, First MI. to First MI Last.
   Demonstrates basic usage of both the istringstream and ostringstream classes. */
std::string convertName(const std::string& name)
{
   std::istringstream fin(name);
   std::string first, middle, last;
   getline(fin, last, ','); // Get the last name.
   fin.get(); // get and throw away the leading space character.
   getline(fin, first, ' ');  // Get the first name.
   getline(fin, middle); // Get the middle initial.

   std::ostringstream fout;
   fout << first << " " << middle << " " << last << std::ends;
   return(fout.str());
}

#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <sstream>

using namespace std;

void inputData(string &); //Declare Call-by-reference function
void outputData(string); //Declare Call-by-value function

int main() {

    //declare variables
	string myString;
	inputData(myString);
	outputData(myString);
}

void inputData(string &myString) {
    cout << "Last, First, MI: ";
    getline( cin, myString ); //accept string in requested format Last, First MI
    string first, middle, last, fullname;

    //instantiate the values for commas and spaces
    string comma = ",";
    string space = " ";

    //find the location of the comma and the spaces in the string
    int commaFound = myString.find(comma);
    int firstSpace = myString.find_first_of(space);
    int lastSpace = myString.find_last_of(space);

    myString.erase (commaFound, 1); //erase 1 place from where the comma is found

    last = myString.substr(0, commaFound); //isolate the last name
    first = myString.substr(commaFound + 1, firstSpace - 2); //isolate the last namme
    middle = myString.substr(lastSpace, -1); //isolate the middle initial

    //takes the lenght of the word and inserts a space at the end of it
    unsigned pos = first.length();
      first.insert(pos,space);
    unsigned pos2 = middle.length();
      middle.insert(pos2,space);

    myString = first + middle + last; //Pass-by-reference

}


void outputData(string myString) {
    cout << myString<< " by value " << endl; //Pass-by-value
}

#define, on 03 June 2013 - 07:01 PM, said:

20	    cin >> myString;
21	    getline( cin, myString );

andrewsw, on 15 February 2013 - 01:37 PM, said:

teamsilvamma, on 15 February 2013 - 06:50 AM, said:

That would make sense actually, I had someone test my files and said they worked fine, but I was confused because they don't when I try. ...so you are saying they will only work when the site is live?

You can test your site locally if you install one of the XAMPP, WAMP or LAMP stacks, as I mentioned already; there are others as well. I haven't provided links as you can find them easily through Google or another search engine />

I find it extremely hard to believe that you "spent a year messing around" and haven't come across these terms. If you picked up a book, or went through a short tutorial, you are bound to come across these terms.