Why is it better to use getline, and what is cin for?

Question

C++ / C#

The main difference is that getline is a function and cin is an object. But how does this affect usage?

Answer 1

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4745858/stdcin...

Answer 2

getline to get the text written before the enter key was pressed, cin to get the text up to the first space (i.e. " ".