need help with simple problem

Hey guys

if i enter a letter in whilst running this program it outputs zero. I know num is an int and they cant deal with characters . I am trying to make it so my program refuses everything apart from numbers. Any help appreciated cheers!


[code]
int main(void)
{
char num=0;

cout << "Enter a number!" << endl;
cin >> num;

cout << num << endl;

return(0);

}
[code\]

There is a function called IsNumeric(expression) that will return boolean indicating whether the statement can be evaluated as a number. Also look up isalpha( ) and stuff like that. Look them up at MSDN.

http://msdn.microsoft.com

P.S. - You were pretty close to getting the code tags right. The bottom tag "ending" the code block should be

[ / C O D E ] without the spaces...

Thanks MrWizard,

I had a look at MSDN although I found it hard to get the results i needed . I have tried to implement the function you mentioned in a simple example but i think i havent included the necesarry library , or i am just using it wrong . Thanks for the code tags advice .Hope i get it right now.

Code:

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#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

int main(void)
{
        int num=IsNumeric(2);
       
        cout << num << endl;

        return(0);
}

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Actually that may have been a visual basic function. OOPS! Sorry about that. I have never used it but I thought it may be helpful. I know isalpha is C++. Try something like this...

Code:

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#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

int main( void )
{
        char x = ' ';
        cout << "Enter a character" << endl;
        cin >> x;
        if( isalpha( x ) )
                cout << "A Character..." << endl;
        else
                cout << "Not a character..." << endl;

        return 0;
}

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Not sure if that helps.

Try this

Code:

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char input[10];
int number;

cout << "Enter a number";
cin.getline(input,9); //this will allow for a 9 digit number,which is bigger than an int anyways, so this should be fine
number = atoi(input);
cout << "You inputted " << number << endl;

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Make sure to include <stdlib.h> for atoi

Treat all input as chars, and then use conversion functions to change the input to the desired type

From http://www.cplusplus.com/ref/

int atoi ( const char * string );
Convert string to integer.
Parses string interpreting its content as a number and returns an int value.

Parameters.

string
String representing an integer number. The number is considered until a non-numeric character is found (digits, and signs are considered valid numeric characters for this parameter as specified in format). The format used is:
[whitespaces][+|-][nnnnn]
(where whitespaces are any tab or space character and nnnnn may be any number of digits)
Return Value.
The converted integer value of the input string.
On overflow the result is undefined.
If an error occurs 0 is returned.

Portability.
Defined in ANSI-C.

There is also atol is you want a long, or atof if you want a float

Thanks guys you've been a great help!