Thread: How to avoid buffer overflow at input?

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    How to avoid buffer overflow at input?

    I'm trying to figure out how to do input to variables without overflowing them. I have string variables to hold strings and int for numbers.

    1. Is getchar() the most elegant way of taking care of a string with spaces? (And use arrays instead of string)

    2. Should I use getchar() with integers aswell and convert the characters to integers after verifying that they are numbers?

    3. I would like some kind of window system in my program. What do you suggest I use? (Windows, console)

    Thanks.

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    1) Use std::getline.

    2) I'd say no. You can use the input stream itself to verify the numbers.

    3) Well, what do you want the system for? And I'm not sure what kind of suggestions you want. Windowing libraries?
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    I've used getline for both 1 and 2. To convert to integer I used:
    http://faq.cprogramming.com/cgi-bin/...&id=1043284385
    It works like a charm.

    I thought of Allegro and Qt to get some kind of window system. The included window framework wasn't that pretty in allegro. And I could'nt find Qt for windows that was free. Perhaps some kind of ascii library would do the job. Anyone know of a neat ascii library?

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    You could use GTK++ or the C++ version GTK--. It is free. (But it's also GNU-licensed, I think.)
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    I'll take a look at it thanks for the help.

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