Thread: String input looping my hash function

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    String input looping my hash function

    Hi, ok ive had to make a prog for my uni and i have it all working perfectly apart from one small detail. To search my hash fuction it takes in an int value and searches the table. If i input a string value the output loops.

    Ideally i would want to be able to out put something long the lines of "Invalid input, please enter a value between 10-100000"

    Any help would be great thanks.......

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    Ideally i would want to be able to out put something long the lines of "Invalid input, please enter a value between 10-100000"
    Code:
    std::cout << "Invalid input, please enter a value between 10-100000";
    So what's the problem?
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    except for the problem of too many layers of indirection.
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    Example:
    Code:
    int x;
    
    std::cout << "Please input a value between 10 and 100,000" << std::endl;
    std::cin >> x;
    
    if(x < 10 || x > 100000)
      std::cout << "Silly rabbit, that isn't between 10 and 100,000" << std::endl;

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    On second thought... I think you are asking how to construct a loop to resolve this issue, correct?

    Example:
    Code:
    int getInput()
    {
       bool valid = false;
       int input;
    
       do
       {
          std::cout << "Please input a hash value (10 - 100,000)" << std:: endl;
          std::cin >> input;
    
          if(input >= 10 && input <= 100000)
            valid = true;
       } while(!valid);
    
       return input;
    }

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    ah a do while with a bool, yeah should be perfect i'll give it a bash tomorrow, i know its silly but the rest works perfectly want it all working spot on

    thanks

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    No problem, though its good practice to tell a user what they did wrong (which I neglected in my second code). Good luck.

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    >If i input a string value the output loops.
    Then you can either read the input into a std::string, and afterwards convert it to an int, or you can try reading the input into an int, verify the input stream is still good, and if it's not, clear the input stream (cin.clear()), ignore what's left in the stream (using cin.ignore), and try again.

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