Thread: atoi related question

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    atoi related question

    the below program ends when a letter is input because any non numerical value is converted to 0. What if i want to be able to type in '0' and the program not to end . Can anyone help me out?

    Code:
    int main(void)
    {
    	char num[80] = {0};
    	int num1 = 0;
    	do
    	{
    		cin >> num;
    		num1 = atoi(num);
    		cout << num << '\n';
    	
    	}while(num1 != 0);
    
    	return(0);
    }

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    Code:
    #include <cctype>
    
    int main(void)
    {
    	char num[80] = {0};
    	int num1 = 0;
    	do
    	{
    		cin >> num;
    		num1 = atoi(num);
    		cout << num << '\n';
    	
    	}while(isdigit(num));
    
    	return(0);
    }

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    Code:
    #include <iostream>
    
    using namespace std;
    
    int main(void)
    {
      int i;
      
      while (!(cin >> i ))
      {
        cerr <<"Bad number " << endl;
        cin.clear();
        while ((i = cin.get()) != '\n' && i != EOF);
      }
      
      cout <<"Number was " << i <<endl;
      
      return(0);
    }
    
    /*
     Output
    
    abc
    Bad number
    1
    Number was 1
    
    
    0
    Number was 0
    
    
    567abc
    Number was 567
    
    The last run left abc in the input buffer. Is this what
    you want to do when a user enters something like that?
    
    */
    Also:
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