How would i format the follwing code without using string so user can enter dash

Question

How would i format the follwing code without using string so user can enter dash (-) or slash(/) with the date.

My program wroks but when i use dash or slash, i get wrong answer.

{
   int day, month, year;

   cout << "Please enter Date in M-D-Y (12-28-2016) ";
   cin >> month >> day >> year;
   while (month <= 12 && day <= 31){
       //noOfDays Funcion call
       noOfDays(day, month, year);
       month += 12;
   }
   cout << "Invalid Month or Date" << endl;
   system("pause");
   return 0;
}

Explanation / Answer

Ans:- There are various ways to take '-' or '/' as input. Ihave give two ways of doing that. As you have no provided the full program
I cannot recheck with your program.But this works fine with my program. If you have any problem, the please repost your whole code and I will provide the solution.

Method 1:-You can use a char variable to read '-' or'/' .
#include <iostream>

using namespace std;

int main()
{
int day, month, year;
char slash_dummy;
cout << "Please enter Date in M-D-Y (12-28-2016) ";
cin >> month>> slash_dummy >> day>>slash_dummy >> year;
// while (month <= 12 && day <= 31){
// // //noOfDays Funcion call
// // noOfDays(day, month, year);
// // month += 12;
// }
cout << "Invalid Month or Date" << endl;
// system("pause");
return 0;
}

Method 2:- You can use get() function if you are sure the format will be correct.
example-
#include <iostream>

using namespace std;

int main()
{
int day, month, year;
char slash_dummy;
cout << "Please enter Date in M-D-Y (12-28-2016) ";
cin >> month;
cin.get();
cin>>day;
cin.get();
cin>> year;
// while (month <= 12 && day <= 31){
// // //noOfDays Funcion call
// // noOfDays(day, month, year);
// // month += 12;
// }
cout << "Invalid Month or Date" << endl;
// system("pause");
return 0;
}

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