Thread: My menu program won't stop looping

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    My menu program won't stop looping

    Please help me I am an absolute begginner. I am writing a program that allows a user to enter options 1 to 5 on a menu. The choice they make has to be an integer. I have an no problems yet my problem starts when a letter is keyed in my program goes into a loop. Please can someone help me with the code i need to stop this happening. I am sorry if i have not described what is happening to clearly i am still learning the correct terminology. This program is part of my HNC in computing so i'm dead if i don't get it sorted thanks

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    > Please can someone help me with the code i need to stop this happening.

    Yes - I detect telepathically that you don't increment your loop variable.

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    What about if you wrote some code, that we (programmers) could help you.
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    Let me guess, your code looks like this....
    Code:
    for (;;)
    {
     scanf ("%d", &i);
     switch (i)
     {
      case 1:
       // stuff
      break;
      case 2:
       // stuff
      break;
      case 3:
       // stuff
      break;
      case 4:
       // stuff
      break;
      case 5:
       // stuff
      break;
      default:
      break;
     } // end switch
    } // end for
    Just flush the input buffer after your scanf...
    Code:
    for (;;)
    {
     scanf ("%d", &i);
     for (; cetchar () != '\n';);
     switch (i)
     {
    // ...
    It's not the best solution in the world, but it works.
    Last edited by QuestionC; 01-26-2002 at 04:33 PM.
    Callou collei we'll code the way
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