help with variables

[ChrisB]

im a noob to c++ (so if i say something wrong dont get angry)

ok, now im trying to have the user enter multiple values as input(x,y coordinates to be exact) and im wondering without knowing how many, how do i assign variables to each of them(if you want to know exactly what im trying to do, its a program for finding the centroid and area of a polygon)

[Danny]

Do you read pairs of values and you don't know how many pairs the user would want to insert?
I would use two doubles and a container.
First initialize the two variables, then read the first pair using

cin>>elem1;
cin>>elem2;

After each pair reading, insert the values just read to a vector of double, or better yet a vector <pair<double> >;
If the pair type seems scary, you can replace it with a simple struct:

struct MyPair
{
double d1, d2;
} mp;
while (...//until the user presses some key)
{
 cin>>mp.d1;
 cin>>mp.d2;
 vector<MyPair> myvec;
 myvec.pushback(mp);
}

If you're not familiar with vectors, you should be!
Here's a short tutorial: http://www.devx.com/DevX/LegacyLink/9396