Thread: breaking out of program

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    breaking out of program

    In regards to the default case, i need the prog to only end if there is no input. If i put return 0; the prog ends only after one loop, and if i put break; the prog never ends.

    Can anyone tell me how i fix this?


    Code:
       int main(){
               
       
          while ( fgets( buff, BUFSIZ, stdin ) != NULL ) {
             switch ( buff[0] ) {
                case '0':
                   one (buff);
                   break;
                case '1':
                   one (buff);
                   break;
                case '2':
                   one (buff);
                   break;
                case '3':
                   one (buff);
                   break;
                case '4':
                   one (buff);
                   break;
             
                case '5':
                   one (buff);
                   break;
             
                case '6':
                   one (buff);
                   break;
             
                case '7':
                   one (buff);
                   break;
             
                case '8':
                   one (buff);
                   break;
             
                case '9':
                   one (buff);
                   break;
             
                default: 
                   two(buff);
                   return 0;
             }
          }
       }

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    Code:
       int main(){
          int quit = 0;
               
       
          while ( !quit && fgets( buff, BUFSIZ, stdin ) != NULL ) {
             switch ( buff[0] ) {
                case '0':
                   one (buff);
                   break;
                default: 
                   two(buff);
                   quit = 1;
             }
          }
       }
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    I'm still relatively new to C programming, although I completed a university course in programming with C. ^^; Haven't had much practice since then.

    Anyway, my question is, is it unprofessional to use a Go to statement in a case like this?

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    >is it unprofessional to use a Go to statement in a case like this?
    Not as long as you can defend your choice of using goto to every yahoo who reads your code.
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