The following code example is taken from the book
The C++ Standard Library - A Tutorial and Reference
by Nicolai M. Josuttis, Addison-Wesley, 1999
© Copyright Nicolai M. Josuttis 1999
#include <iostream>
#include "ignore.hpp"
int main()
{
int i;
std::cout << "read int and ignore rest of the line" << std::endl;
std::cin >> i;
// ignore the rest of the line
std::cin >> ignoreLine;
std::cout << "int: " << i << std::endl;
std::cout << "read int and ignore two lines" << std::endl;
std::cin >> i;
// ignore two lines
std::cin >> ignoreLine >> ignoreLine;
std::cout << "int: " << i << std::endl;
}