if cin is used before gets, gets will not wait for user input get the string, due to the "\n" character.
if it's the other way round, it will work. but this is not useful in the general sense if your program needs both string and number input.
so in general, use gets and then use "stdlib.h" data conversion functions, eg.: atoi, string -> int
Example:
/*
simple C++ program
*/
#include <iostream>
#include <cstdio>
#include <cstring>
#include <stdlib.h>
using namespace std;
// a c++ program starts with main
int main()
{
int score;
int i;
char str[200];
char c;
c = 'c';
cout << "Enter a number from 1 to 10: " ;
gets_s(str);
score = atoi(str);
cout << "Enter your name: ";
gets_s( str);
for(i = 0; i<score; i++){
cout << c <<"++ is cool and so is " << str << "; score: " << score << "\n";
}
return 0;
}
