cin

• >> is the extraction operator.

• Is overloaded for various standard types.

• Normally converts the input to the format of the target variable type.

• Some manipulators can be used with cin, such as hex, oct, or dec.

• Allows scientific notation as input, for example 1.2345e10

• cin skips over whitespace (see fig 17.5)

• returns a status value (true if a valid conversion took place, false ow)