Thread: Just wanted to share this

Originally Posted by ronin

The if statement had nothing to do with the digits, but whether or not the input received from the user was valid for the data type being used.

Right, I just don't understand how it works though from looking at the code.

Originally Posted by ronin

scanf returns an integer that represents how many items were properly converted and stored.

I don't understand the use of "return" in this sentence errr... the whole sentence at all really.

Originally Posted by ronin

Since number hadn't been initialized, its value could have been anything including 0 if you were lucky.

initialized? :\ Yeah, I understand the theory of what you're saying about user input, & I appreciate the advice, I just don't understand how the code works to put it into practice...