Thread: User input being a number?

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    User input being a number?

    Hi guys,
    I have a technical question. How do I see if the user's input is a number?

    So for example, when they type in 6,4 how can I get both 6 and 4 to store it in two variables?
    I tried to implement this using a if statement like so : if(input == %d%d) but I guess it doesn't work like that.

    Help please?

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    Read it in as a string, tokenize and parse it, and see if it matches the type of input you expected. If there is even a small deviation, discard the input and replace the user.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Watabou View Post
    Hi guys,
    I have a technical question. How do I see if the user's input is a number?

    So for example, when they type in 6,4 how can I get both 6 and 4 to store it in two variables?
    I tried to implement this using a if statement like so : if(input == %d%d) but I guess it doesn't work like that.

    Help please?
    ctype.h - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    type.h is your friend.
    Also, scanf can scan multiple variables in a specified format. Google it up!
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