getline(cin, string) not giving expected output - cin

Using c++14. I have read many posts regarding the problem.
If I run this code below, it jumps over the getline lines.
#include <iostream>
#include "main_menu.h"
void MainMenu::AddTest()
{
std::string courseName = "";
std::string testName = "";
std::string date = "";
std::cout << "Enter course name: " << std::endl;
std::getline(std::cin, courseName);
std::cout << "Enter test name: " << std::endl;
std::getline(std::cin, testName);
std::cout << "Enter test date: " << std::endl;
std::getline(std::cin, date);
Test test(courseName, testName, date);
tests.Add(test);
std::cout << "Test registered : " << std::endl;
tests.Print(test.id);
}
If I add cin ignore after each getline lines (example below how I implement it), it deletes some characters from the input strings and uses wrong variables to store them. Note that I have strings with whitespaces.
std::getline(std::cin, courseName);
std::cin.ignore();
This is what I get:
Enter course name:
History 2
Enter test name:
History 2 exam
Enter test date:
2017.01.02
Test registered :
test id = 2, course name = , test name = istory 2, date = istory 2 exam
I also tried to flush cout, didn't help.
My Print function works like a charm, if I add courses manually from main, I get the expected output, so the problem is definitely the cin / getline.
Test registered :
test id = 1, course name = History 2, test name = History 2 exam , date = 01.02.2017
I use getline as explained here: http://www.cplusplus.com/reference/string/string/getline/?kw=getline
Any help would be much appreciated, thank you.

By using cin.ignore you are messing with the input itself. If you want to get rid of \n character you don't have to! getline will just do that automatically. So just don't use ignore function and the code will be fine.
This works:
#include<iostream>
using namespace std;
int main()
{
string courseName = "";
string testName = "";
string date = "";
cout << "Enter course name: " << std::endl;
getline(std::cin, courseName);
cout << "Enter test name: " << std::endl;
getline(std::cin, testName);
cout << "Enter test date: " << std::endl;
getline(std::cin, date);
cout << courseName << endl;
cout << testName << endl;
cout << date << endl;
return 0;
}

I'm answering an ancient question, but try clearing the input stream before you use all the getline()'s. It is possible that you have some extra returns in the buffer before you ask for input.
cin.clear();
cin.ignore(INT_MAX);

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sorry, just started learning last night forgive me..
How should i do about this, without using if else statement or when should i be using that instead?
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#include <iomanip>
using namespace std;
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#include <string>
using namespace std;
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int vaulue2;
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Move the brace from after the return to before the first close.