preventing user entering characters

hello,

i have made a program where it asks the user to enter an interger, but i want a error message to come up when the user enters a letter, how can i do this??

thanks

Post your code.

you cant prevent them from inputing a character without telling us your operating system and compiler.

you can use fgets() to input and atoi() to convert to int

Code:

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char string[100]
int number;
do
{
 fgets(string, 100, stdin)
}while(!(number = atoi(string)));

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this works by letting them input everything but continuing input until a number is provided.

The scanf() function returns the number of values assigned to the the given addresses (the ones that comesafter the control string.).For example, if you have
scanf ("%d %d",&x,&y) where x and y are integers,
and the input is say: 20 c
then no value will be assigned to y and 20 will be assigned to x.
and the return value of scanf() is 1.
Note:the character c will be available for the next scanf() function.

Thus,just check the return value of scanf().
ex:

Code:

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printf ("Enter an integer:");
temp=scanf("%d",&x);
if(temp!=1)
  printf("Wish u knew what an integer is\n");

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here is the code where i want to prevent users from entering a letter:

Code:

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                printf("Please enter the temperture:\n");
                scanf("%d", &temp);

                        if ( temp > 45 || temp < -25)
                        {
                                do
                                {
                                        printf("The temperture is out of range.\n");
                                        printf("Please re-enter temperture:\n");
                                        scanf("%d", &temp);
                                } while ( temp > 45 || temp < -25);

else
//rest of my program

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thanks for any help

Better still, read the FAQ .

Try this...

Code:

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temp=100;
do{
 
        printf("Please enter the temperture:\n");
        int_var = scanf("%d", &temp);

        if (int_var==0)
              printf ("Enter an integer....")
        else
              if ( temp > 45 || temp < -25)
          printf("The temperture is out of range.\n");

}while (temp>45 || temp<-25);

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Hope this serves the purpose...

Quote:

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Originally posted by Mahesh Herle B
Try this...

Code:

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temp=100;
do{
 
        printf("Please enter the temperture:\n");
        int_var = scanf("%d", &temp);

        if (int_var==0)
              printf ("Enter an integer....")
        else
              if ( temp > 45 || temp < -25)
          printf("The temperture is out of range.\n");

}while (temp>45 || temp<-25);

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Hope this serves the purpose...

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Try this FAQ then:
http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/C-faq/q12.20.html

>>Try this FAQ then:
They didn't read the last FAQ I posted, what makes you think they'll read that one :(

Quote:

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Originally posted by Hammer
>>Try this FAQ then:
They didn't read the last FAQ I posted, what makes you think they'll read that one :(

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Good point...:rolleyes:

As I posted elsewhere, when I click on the FAQ links in Salem's messages, I don't get a FAQ, I get the index, which is not the link posted. I'm wondering if there is a link problem within the forum's server.

Simply use isalpha() - http://www.mkssoftware.com/docs/man3/isalpha.3.asp

am I the only one who read the FAQ!?
Do you people know what FAQ means!?

and How come people avoid the FAQ like the plague. The link Hammer posted HAS your solution if you read through it. AND you will LEARN something. I really don't get it but whatever.

NOW to right the injustice:

FAQ

-LC

>Do you people know what FAQ means!?
FAQ is a way of saying "........ off", as can be found by the proper pronunciation of the acronym. The commonly accepted pronunciation is a compromise: two letters are sounded
as if they were forming a syllable and the third letter is named: it is 'fuh queue'. That's not only how it's said when it stands for "frequently asked question." When it means a compilation of frequently asked questions and their answers, that's 'fuh queue' too.

>and How come people avoid the FAQ like the plague.
Probably because they think we've been telling them to. See above.