I have few questions about basic C++ programing

Hi,

I wanted to find about few things that I didnt see in tutorials in this page.

I've been working on very simple program for few hours, but I still cant figure out few things, can't find them either.

This is the code I came up with.

Code:

#include <iostream>
using namespace std; 

int main ()
{
      int a, b;
      float result;
      cout << "Please enter first number" << endl;                      
      cin >> a; 
      cout << "Please enter second number" << endl;
      cin >> b;
      cout << "Average is" << endl;
      result = (a + b)/2.0;  
      cout << result << endl;      
      system ("pause");
      return (0);
      
}

is it possible to input unlimited amount of nummbers nut just number 1 + number 2?
If yes then how ? for example 1+45+34
And how can I change result function so it understands how many numbers I have inputed and calculates the average value?

If I input a letter instead of nummber how can I make it so program says that it is invalid input value or something like that ?


Thank you in advance,

I read topics about posting and homework and I hope that I don't offend anyone with this topic

P.S Sorry for any english mistakes !

For what you are doing, you will have to enter one number at a time, but if you want to enter more than one number, you can use a "while" loop, say causing the loop to stop if a 0 is entered. You can also store all these numbers in an array and maintain your counter inside the while loop. As for checking if it's a number and not a char, you can use some built-in functions that are part of the standard libraries. I'll let you discover them. Any good book on C/C++ should have those functions listed somewhere in the book. Also, read about the "continue" statement. You may want to use it if your program finds a character and not a number.

characters can work with the > and < operators. you could look at the input one character at a time and make sure it isn't a letter.

Code:

//if the character is a number
if( character >= '0' && character <= '9' )
{
     do_stuff();
}
else
     print_error();

You can find an ASCII table online that shows the order

once you have your number in string format, you can use atoi() to change it into an integer. search online for how to use it.