inputting a fraction in the form x/y

I want the user to be able to input a fraction in the form "x/y" where x and y are ints and then store the x as a variable numerator and y as a variable denominator. Iv been trying to use cin.gets and ignores but i cant figure this out. I know its probly easy. Thanks for any help.

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Read a string from the keyboard
Search for an occurrence of the character '/'
Create 2 new strings: one with number before '/' and one with number after '/'
Convert the 2 new strings to numbers with atoi() or atol() and store them as your object's numerator and denominator, respectively

Why not:

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int x, y;
char a;
cin>>x>>a>>y;

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Originally Posted by Tronfi

Why not:

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int x, y;
char a;
cin>>x>>a>>y;

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I want to be able to type for example; 1/2 then press enter. Not have an enter after each entry.

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Originally Posted by yamahammer342

I want to be able to type for example; 1/2 then press enter. Not have an enter after each entry.

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That is what Tronfi's example does.

Maybe also try std::getline

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string text;

while (getline(cin, text, '/'))
{
}

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