Thread: validate data

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    validate data

    I am working on a program that validates the entered data and when I have this part of the code....

    ////////////////////////////////////////
    do{ //validate creditrating
    printf ("How is the applicant's credit rating?[G for good or B for bad]\n");
    scanf ("%s", &creditrating);
    if (creditrating[0] != 'g')
    {
    printf ("%s \n", creditrating);
    printf ("Only these letters are valid: g, G, b, B \n");
    printf ("How is the applicant's credit rating?[G for good or B for bad]\n");
    scanf ("%s", &creditrating);
    }
    }while (creditrating[0] != 'g');
    //////////////////////////////////////////////

    the program validates and only breaks out of loop and moves on when user enters a 'g'.
    but when i have this code...

    ///////////////////////////////////////////
    do{ //validate creditrating
    printf ("How is the applicant's credit rating?[G for good or B for bad]\n");
    scanf ("%s", &creditrating);
    if (creditrating[0] != 'g' || creditrating[0] != 'b')
    {
    printf ("%s \n", creditrating);
    printf ("Only these letters are valid: g, G, b, B \n");
    printf ("How is the applicant's credit rating?[G for good or B for bad]\n");
    scanf ("%s", &creditrating);
    }
    }while (creditrating[0] != 'g' || creditrating[0] != 'b');
    /////////////////////////////////////////////

    the program doesn't ever break out of the loop even when 'g' or 'b' are entered.

    I don't understand while the != will not compare when I add the or || operator to it????

    Can anyone help me out here, I need to only allow letters g, G, b, B????


    Jose

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    > while (creditrating[0] != 'g' || creditrating[0] != 'b');

    If I enter 'g', then it's not 'b', so it'll stay in the loop, and vice versa. Try and work from there.

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    how to validate more than one code

    That makes sense but how do I validate for more than one code?

    Jose

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    I got it.

    I got it i changed the || to && and it worked fine.
    Thanks.

    Jose

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