Thread: beginner ?

when i type anything but a number the program starts a endless loop. what code can i write into the program to stop this ,and what causes the loop.

Code:

#include <stdio.h>

int main()
{

   int x;

   printf("enter a numbr 1 thru 10\n");
   scanf("%d",&x);
   
   if (x<1 || x>10)
   main();

   else 
   printf("\nyou typed %d",x);

   return(0);
}