I am writing a program that has the user enter 10 numbers and I am storing them in an array. If the user enters something other then a number I just accept it and store it in the array. All this works fine so far. What I am trying to do is tell the user at the end how many values they entered that were actual numbers and how many were not. Is there a way to do this? I have figured everything out but this part. Let me know if it helps for me to post the code I have so far?
I'm assuming you're reading into an array of strings (a multi dimensional array, or an array of pointers to which you're allocating space). If so, use something like atoi() to see if you're dealing with a number.
If not, then just check each character or digit in your input and see if it's a number. If it isn't, they haven't entered a valid "number".
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Here is the code I have so far. Am I even going about this the right way?
Code:#include <stdio.h> #include <stdlib.h> #include <string.h> #include <ctype.h> #define SIZE 10 /* size of array */ int verify (char* value) /* this function will verify the input is a number*/ { int iChars = strlen (value); int i; for (i=0; i<iChars; i++) { if (! isdigit (value [i])) { return 0; /*Not a number*/ } return 1; /*Is a number*/ } } int main() { int i, arr[SIZE], sum, average; char temp[50]; /* get the numbers */ printf("Enter 10 numbers: \n"); for (i=0; i<SIZE; ++i) scanf("%d",&arr[i]); if (i<=0) { exit(1); } SIZE=atoi(temp); /*convert char to int and verify*/ if (! verify (temp)) { printf("\nYou did not enter a number, This program will now exit\n"); getchar(); exit(0); }
>>If the user enters something other then a number I just accept it and store it in the array.
That isn't what your code does.
If scanf() doesn't read a valid number it will leave the bad input in the stream, and leave the contents of the target variable in an undefined state.
>>SIZE=atoi(temp);
You cannot assign anything to SIZE.
Are you trying to input single digit numbers, or what. For example, if the users enters 10 numbers as this:
0123456789
you would need very different code to handle input like this:
17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8
Both are 10 numbers long, it's just how you interpret the question
Anyway, always check the return code of scanf(), it'll tell you if you read in a number or not.
When all else fails, read the instructions.
If you're posting code, use code tags: [code] /* insert code here */ [/code]
But how do I check the return code of scanf?
The same way you check the return code from any function.Originally posted by ct26torr
But how do I check the return code of scanf?
Something like:
Code:if (scanf("%d", &num) != 1) { puts ("Bad number");
When all else fails, read the instructions.
If you're posting code, use code tags: [code] /* insert code here */ [/code]
