How to 'Clear' a variable?

Hey guys, is there any way you can clear what a variable holds?

For E.G, if I was to write this:

Code:

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int x;
x = 10;
cout << x << endl;

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What code would go after it so that I can clear the integer 'x' and assign it to another number, such as a user input? I'm hoping to do something like this:

Code:

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int pin;
int pin_attempt;
pin = 2011;
  cout << "Enter Pin: ";
  cin.get >> pin_attempt;
  cin.ignore();

if ( pin_attempt == pin )
{
  // Don't really have to bore you with this code..
}
else
{
  cout << "Incorrect Pin. Please reset: ";
  // Code to clear the int 'pin' needs to go here?
  cin.get >> pin;
  cin.ignore();
}

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I've actually got a gut feeling I've made a fool of myself in the matter that it's probably as easy as just telling the compiler to overwrite it with another user input.. but hey, no point not getting some professional advice :)

Line 16 is not coded correctly, just realized :P

I suppose you could just say
pin_attempt = pin = -1;
when you're done.

There is no way to "clear" a variable. You can just overwrite it. If the PIN is wrong, input a new PIN, overwriting the old one.
Don't want the PIN to stay in memory after you've entered correct pin? Set it to -1 or something to overwrite the correct PIN with a wrong one.

Great, thanks alot!
I have thought of another question.. heh sorry! :P (I also thought it would be best to re-comment on this seeming as I'm sure it's getting annoying me posting so much!)
is there a way to have a variable accept only certain inputs?

Code:

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string mystring;
cout << "Are you sure? (Y/N)" << endl;
cin >> mystring;
cin.ignore();

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As an example to what I am talking about, how would you make mystring only accept 'Y' or 'N'? I have a feeling it might have something to do with cin.ignore.. can you ignore everything besides certain chars? because I know you can ignore certain characters, surely there is a way to turn that around and have it only accept certain chars?

Thoughts? Thanks! :)

There is no built-in function to do that. But you can it manually.
It is simply to validate the input. For example, in your case, check if mystring is "Y" or "N", and if not, ask again until the user gets it right.

Due to the nature of standard input, your program will always recieve a line at a time. So there is no way to read a single character. You can read in a line, then only consider the first character, but the OS will buffer a whole line for you. You can ask the user to type "Y+enter", and then prompt again if the answer is not what you expect, but the screen will display every thing they type.

cin>>mystring will read in the first word in the line. So if you compare that to =="Y" you will know that the user typed something that starts with the word "Y". To read the whole line, use getline().