Ввод C-строк с клавиатуры

int main() {

   const int SIZE = 8;
   char my_cstring[SIZE];
   cout << "Input string (" << SIZE - 1 << " characters at most):" << endl;
   cin.getline(my_cstring, SIZE);

   cout << "The string was: " << endl << my_cstring << endl;

}