get a single character; no string please.
 

#include <iostream>
#include <stdio.h>
using namespace std;
//get_put.cpp
int main()
{
int n1;
char ch1;
char str1[20];
cout <<"enter a character :";
ch1 = getchar();
cout << endl;
cout << ch1 ; //puts(ch1);
return 0;
}