about reading multiple lines in C++

[jesun]

Hi everybody.I want to know if there exists any method to read a pair of lines simultaneously with function like getline().I have tried it but it just
let me to read a line only.Let me know the method of reading i/p format like below in C++ where I have to read both first and second line inside of a while loop.

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adjkajdkajdkajsdkja
kdakd;akdka;kd;akd;

thanks in advance.

[Mata]

you can try whit this

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char a[20],b[20];
scanf("%s\n%s",&a,&b);

[jesun]

Actually I want to read those lines in C++'s string.
like

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string s[2];
int n;
while(n)
{
//read consecutive two lines in s
}

Can u help me?

[maxdiver]

In C++ you can read strings only with
getline (cin, s)
or
cin >> s
So there is no such function that can read two lines into one string.

[Leonid]

In C++ you can read strings only with
getline (cin, s)
or
cin >> s
So there is no such function that can read two lines into one string.

I'd rather prefer using gets to getline, since it's much more faster.

[maxdiver]

Leonid
Yes, absolutely right.
gets() is dozens of times faster than getline(), but... it's not a C++-way
theme of "gets vs. getline" was repeated many times at this forum, but I think I won't be bad to repeat it again:
if you read/write less than 100 kb - you can use cin/getline/cout etc. without any problems.
if you need read/write much more data - always use scanf/gets/printf.
reading a megabyte using cin/getline may take about a second and even more...