//--------------------------------------------------------------------
//
//  Example showing the use of the get() function            get.cpp
//
//--------------------------------------------------------------------

// Echoes a sequence of characters until a ! is encountered or the
// the number of characters output reaches MAX_COUNT.

// This version correctly handles whitespace in the input stream.

#include <iostream.h>

const int MAX_COUNT = 10;

void main()
{
    char ch;
    int count = 0;   // Number of characters output

    cout << endl << "Enter a sequence of characters:" << endl;
    cin.get(ch);
    while ( count < MAX_COUNT  &&  ch != '!' )
    {
        cout << ch;
        count++;
        cin.get(ch);
    }
}