cin into char*

[Jeff0803]

I want to read string using cin, assign to char* and then call function where return just 5 characters.

I made code like following but it doesn't work.

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

char* GetFiveChar(char* instr)
{
char* resultstr = { 0 };
memcpy(resultstr, instr, 5);
return(resultstr);
};

int main()
{
char* inputFileName = { 0 };
cin >> inputFileName;
cout << GetFiveChar(inputFileName);
}

Can anybody make it work?

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