I have a simple code:
The questions just keep on going. Now I would only like to use the yn_response variable for each question, so how can i clear its contents ?Code:... char yn_response; cout << "Input data form file ? (y/n)" << endl; cin >> yn_response; if ( yn_response == 'y') { // do something } cout << "Input data form keyboard ? (y/n)" << endl; cin >> yn_response; if ( yn_response == 'y') { // do something } ...
In that code you don't really need to, since you are assigning a new value to it each time (although technically it might matter if some input error occurs).
You cannot "clear" a char variable. All you can do is set it to whatever value you want. For example, you can set it to 'a' or ' ' or '\0' to indicate that it is "cleared". So if you want to set it to something other than 'y' or 'n', just assign the value you want to use.
BTW, you aren't initializing yn_response in that code. When you first start, the value is not "cleared" it is uninitialized. It is generally whatever bits are in memory at that spot at that time. So if you want to clear it you should be initializing it with your "clear" value there as well.
yn_response='\0';
for example. but you dont really have to in your particular program, since you assign it a new value the second time you call cin
edit: me too slow
cin >> yn_response;
if ( yn_response == 'y')
You should first check whether cin itself returned an error condition or not.
If it does return error, then I don't know whether you should regard yn_response as "unchanged" (it's whatever it was last set to) or "undefined" (it could be anything at all)
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