title: Curious about cin
body: <p>I am very new to programming and trying to learn as much as I can. I am curious as to what cin char does exactly. When I input a word, the only thing outputted is the first letter of the word. Is this supposed to happen? </p>
  
  <pre><code>#include &lt;iostream&gt;
  
  using namespace std;
  
  int main()
  {
  char ch;
  cin &gt;&gt; ch;
  cout &lt;&lt; "Thank you for entering " &lt;&lt; ch &lt;&lt; endl; 
  return 0;
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I would like to output the whole word or phrase, but that does not seem to be happening. Thanks!</p>