You have already learned that cout is used to output (print) values. Now we will use cin to get user input.
cin is a predefined variable that reads data from the keyboard with the extraction operator (>>).
In the following example, the user can input a number, which is stored in the variable x. Then we print the value of x: Continue reading C++ User Input
You have already learned that printf() is used to output values in C.
To get user input, you can use the scanf() function:
Output a number entered by the user :
// Create an integer variable that will store the number we get from the user
int myNum;
// Ask the user to type a number
printf("Type a number: \n");
// Get and save the number the user types
scanf("%d", &myNum);
// Output the number the user typed
printf("Your number is: %d", myNum);
The scanf() function takes two arguments: the format specifier of the variable (%d in the example above) and the reference operator (&myNum), which stores the memory address of the variable.