Thread: goodbit and failbit of cin

Hi,
Please take a look at this

Code:

int choice;

do{

cin >>choice; 

switch{
case 1: cout << "Valid choice" <<endl;

case 2: cout<< "leaving loop" << endl;

default: cout << "Invalid choice" << endl;
}

}while(choice !=2)

When i input a non integer value such as a char 'a' , this segment of the loop executes infinitely. I believe the cin stream have set failbit because of the incorrect format of input. However, how can i set it back to goodbit? I tried cin.clear() but it didnt work.

Thanks