Hello,
I'm trying to idiot-proof my program and I can't seem to figure out one part. I want to input integers for a menu system, but I get thrown into an infinite loop whenever somebody inputs a character or a string to the console. How can I stop this from happening?
I've been trying to use cin.fail() but I can't get the stream to clear back out again. Is there a reliable way to handle a problem like this?
Either make a large while or do-while statement (depends on menu size)
like
do
{
cout << "Which choice?";
cin >> My_int;
}while ((My_int != 1)&&(My_int != 2));
or
provide a default value with an if statement if your integer requirement isn't met.
Blue
You could try this -
Code:#include <iostream> using namespace std; int main() { int a; cin>>a; while(cin.fail()) { cin.clear(); cin.ignore(80,'\n'); cin>>a; } return 0; }
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