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    What am I doing wrong?

    What am I doing wrong? I need this program to print out the ASCII code. If i enter a symbol for exampl "& or % or /" I need a message to appear please try again, but if I put "q or Q" it automatically kicks me out. Please, help... heres my program...

    Code:
    #include <iostream>
    #include <cctype>
    using namespace std;
    
    void main ()
    {
    	char ch;
    	int asc;
    
    	do
    	{
    
    	cout<<"Enter a number or letter: \n";
    	cin >> ch;
    	asc=(int)ch;
    	cout<<ch<<" "<<asc<<"\n";
    		
    	
    	if (isalnum(ch))
    	cout<<"Please enter a correct number or letter: \n";
    	}
    		while ((ch != 'q') && (ch !='Q'));
    					
    }
    Please help... thanks a bunch!

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    isalnum() returns true if the character is alphanumeric.

    This will fix it:
    Code:
    if (isalnum(ch))
       cout<<ch<<" "<<asc<<"\n";
    else 
       cout<<"Please enter a correct number or letter: \n";
    Now they wont't see the ASCII code for a character they weren't suppsed to enter either.
    Last edited by TheSquid; 02-10-2005 at 01:17 PM. Reason: I was over complicating things, this works better.

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    after you read in the letter, try something like this:
    Code:
    if( !isLetter(ch) )
    {
        cout << "Enter a letter" << endl;
    }
    else
    {
        // convert to ascii code
    }
    You just need to implement the isLetter() to return a bool, true if the arguement ch is found in a list of valid letters. You could do that using a vector of all valid letters, or a really long switch statement.

    EDIT: ah, squid's works. Just replace isLetter with isalnum.

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    Quote Originally Posted by MrDestiny
    but if I put "q or Q" it automatically kicks me out.

    Code:
     while ((ch != 'q') && (ch !='Q'));
    Because you told it to do that. Once ch is either 'q' or 'Q', the condition in that while loop becomes false and the loop exits.
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    I want that when I hit 'q or Q' that it kicks me out... so I dont want to change that...

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    you could also use isgraph(), but that would include a tab and newline, so you may want to check for those and replace them if you're printing a table...
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    > if (isalnum(ch))
    > cout<<"Please enter a correct number or letter: \n";
    Code:
        if (!isalnum(ch))
           cout<<"Please enter a correct number or letter: \n";

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    It seems using q or Q as the sentinel is a bad choice considering the design of this little program. ie get a letter or number print its ASCII code then repeat.

    if it isn't a letter or number print an error message

    in other words the functionality is consistent with all letters and numbers but one, which is not even an exceptional case

    I would choose to use one of the other chars such as a space as the sentinel
    a space would be very convient for quitting but you would have to change your
    error logic.

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    Just an FYI - this post violates the thread naming policies of this board. Please be more specific with your titles.

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    > void main ()
    int main
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    I'm thinking we really need some javascript/php to prompt people to use int main(). Would not be hard too implement.

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    Hehe, do a preg_replace for all void mains. Secretly (or, well, not so secretly) forcing int main into the minds of all! *evil grin*

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    Code:
    #include <iostream>
    #include <cctype>
    using namespace std;
    
    int main (void)
    {
        bool done = false;
        char ch;
        int asc;
    
        while(!done)
        {
    
        cout<<"Enter a number or letter: ";
        cin >> ch;
        cout << endl;
    
        if ((ch != 'q') && (ch !='Q'))
        {
          
          
          if (!isalnum(ch))
          {
             cout<<"Please enter a correct number or letter: \n";
          }
          else
          {
          asc=(int)ch;
          cout<<ch<<" in ascii is "<<asc<<"\n";
          }  
        
        }
        else 
        {
          done = true;
        }
    
        }
            
                        
    }
    I think this does what the original question asked

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    The code is functional, no doubt. However I find this much easier to read...
    Code:
    if ( toupper(ch) != 'Q' )

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    I agree

    I agree but the trouble seemed to be less about what functions to use but how while loops and if statements affect program flow

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