nooby question C

Hi, This question might have been covered before but im gonna ask again.

Say you ask from the user the type in a value such as f1.2 or f5 etc. now you want to get the value and put it into a formula but u dont need the f u only need the number, is there a way to get the number out of it and use it?

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>> is there a way to get number out of users input of f1.5<<
Yes, several, but to keep it simple for you I think you could use
scanf("&#37;f", &doubleblah);
...and it will skip the 'f' and begin reading at the 1 and stop reading at a non-digit, whitespace or \n and place that value in the variable.

> This question might have been covered before but im gonna ask again.
Well at least twice before, and by YOU
http://cboard.cprogramming.com/showthread.php?t=93524
http://cboard.cprogramming.com/showthread.php?t=93458

Not to mention the 3 or 4 of your cohorts which seem to be in the same class as you, and all having the same problem of how to parse "f1.2" into two separate fields.

This really is getting tiresome to explain over and over.

Thank you howardL for that info ill give it a try.

TO Salem: you dont have to answer if you dont want to no ones forcing you. you can just ignore it. there is no rule saying im not allowed to ask the same question over and over again.

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Originally Posted by HowardL

>> is there a way to get number out of users input of f1.5<<
Yes, several, but to keep it simple for you I think you could use
scanf("%f", &doubleblah);
...and it will skip the 'f' and begin reading at the 1 and stop reading at a non-digit, whitespace or \n and place that value in the variable.

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Except that won't work. scanf() doesn't skip over alpha characters when looking for floating point numbers.

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Mats

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Originally Posted by juststartedC

TO Salem: you dont have to answer if you dont want to no ones forcing you. you can just ignore it. there is no rule saying im not allowed to ask the same question over and over again.

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No, but the forum rules state

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Post once: don't keep pressing post. Duplicates will be deleted. Do not cross post; almost everyone reads most of the important boards.

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Whilst you technically haven't broken either of those rules by the letter, you haven't exactly been following the spirit of the rule either.

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Mats

so what will work? i could always ask the user to type 1.2 instead of f1.2 etc but that would be kind of cheating i guess and i will probably lose some marks.

Only if there was a simple way...

Well, putting my dislike for scanf() aside, the solution has been given a few times in the past to other of your classmates doing the same excercise:

Code:

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#include <stdio.h>

int main() {
        for(;;) {
                float f;
                int x = scanf("f%f", &f);
                getchar();
                printf("x = %d, f = %f\n", x, f);
        }
        return 0;
}

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Note that you should check the return value from scanf() and make sure that you got the right number of "results" (in this case 1). Try this app with some different inputs, e.g. "f8.0", "F8.0", "8.0" and such.

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Mats

There is,

Code:

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    char letter;
    float number;

    if(scanf("%c%f", &letter, &number) != 2)
    {
        /* invalid */
    }else{
        /* valid, validate letter see if it's 'f' or something */
    }

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Stop asking already.

if you want to allow, uppercase and lowercase f's:

Code:

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/* ... */
scanf("%*[fF]%f", &number);

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Or something, or use the above and check letter = 'F' or letter = 'f'

Edit: See matsp's post, it's probably better ;)

okidoki thanks a lot guys sorry to keep asking the same question. you may blame the lecturer :)

I just cant afford to fail this unit, ill be kicked out of uni

Thanks