The following code example is taken from the book
Object-Oriented Programming in C++
by Nicolai M. Josuttis, Wiley, 2002
© Copyright Nicolai M. Josuttis 2002
#include <iostream>
#include <limits>
inline
std::istream& ignoreLine(std::istream& strm)
{
char c;
// ignore all characters up to the end of the line
strm.ignore(std::numeric_limits<int>::max(),'\n');
// return strm for chaining
return strm;
}