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+#include <iostream>
+
+/* The following code is an example which use cin to write the captured input via the terminal to the input stream 
+   and then displays the captured input via cout to the output stream. 
+   
+   link: https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/header/iostream  
+*/
+
+int main() {
+  int price;
+
+  // Writes to the standard C output stream 
+  std::cout << "Enter the price: ";
+  
+  // Reads from the standard C input stream 
+  std::cin >> price;
+
+  std::cout << "User entered the price " << price << std::endl;
+}