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;
}