std::getline - cppreference.com
Return value. input [] NoteWhen consuming whitespace-delimited input (e.g. int n; std:: cin >> n;) any whitespace that follows, including a newline character, will be left on the input stream.Then when switching to line-oriented input, the first line retrieved with getline will be just that whitespace. In the likely case that this is unwanted behaviour, possible solutions include: