So for some reason no matter what I enter into this If-Else statement it returns with a "Program Aborted" as if I entered the wrong requested answers...very confused and I can't seem to find anything relevant enough around the site!
int ch;
cout << "Do you have any extra credit points? (Enter Y/y or N/n)" << endl;
cin >> ch;
int ExtraCredit;
if (ch == 'Y' || ch== 'y')
{
cout << "Enter the number of extra credit points: ";
cin >> ExtraCredit
}
else if (ch!='n' || ch!='N' || ch != 'y' || ch != 'Y')
{
ExtraCredit=0;
cout<< Invalid entry. Program Aborted." << endl;
return 0;
}
The issue appears very early:
int ch; // are you sure this should be an int?
cout << "Do you have any extra credit points? (Enter Y/y or N/n)" << endl;
cin >> ch;
cin behaves differently on int typed variables than on chars. When you enter "y" or "n" at the keyboard, cin will fail.
You can check whether cin failed by calling its fail() method, like so:
int num;
std::cout << "Enter a number: ";
std::cin >> num;
if (std::cin.fail()) {
std::cout << ":(" << std::endl;
} else {
std::cout << "Your number was " << num << std::endl;
}
ints and chars are separate types, even though they can be compared based on the ASCII value of the char in C++. Because they are defined as separate types, when your code gets to the line cin >> ch and ch is of type int, it waits for something to be entered. The prompt tells the user to enter a char, and they do. The code sees the char, and as it wasn't an int, nothing is read in and the value of ch is correctly determined by your code to be not y, Y, n, or N. If you'd like to cin a char, declare char ch;. If you'd like to have an int, prompt the user to enter a number.
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I need help debugging my code. So I made a program that adds and subtracts numbers but when I implemented a do-while loop to replay the program, the actual program closes and does not perform the do-while loop and does not replay the program. Is their something wrong with my code?
P.S. I am also using codeblocks IDE
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
int main()
{
// Addition and Subtraction Calculator
int a_number, number1, number2, sum, number3, number4, subsum, again;
// subsum = subtracted sum
// number1 and number2 are variables that hold the users input for addition
// number3 and number4 are variables that hold the users input for subtraction
do
{
cout << "Addition & Subtraction Calculator" << endl;
cout << "-------------------------------------------" << endl;
cout << "1. Addition" << endl;
cout << "2. Subtraction" << endl;
cout << "Please enter a number [1 or 2]" << endl;
cin >> a_number;
while (a_number < 1 || a_number > 2)
{
cout << "Please enter either 1 or 2" << endl;
cin >> a_number;
}
switch (a_number)
{
case 1:
cout << "Please enter a number" << endl;
cin >> number1;
cout << "Please enter another number" << endl;
cin >> number2;
sum = (number1 + number2);
cout << "The sum is " << sum << endl;
break;
case 2:
cout << "Please enter a number" << endl;
cin >> number3;
cout << "Please enter another number" << endl;
cin >> number4;
subsum = (number3 - number4);
cout << "The answer to the subtraction problem is: " << subsum << endl;
break;
}
cout << "Do you want to try again? [y/n]" << endl;
cin >> again;
}
while (again == 'y' || again == 'n');
return 0;
}
OK. So the OP is using an int where they should have used a char. That covers the immediate problem. int again should be char again.
But there is an important point the other answers have missed.
int again;
cin >> again;
The user input will be converted into an integer as required by again. Inputting y or n fails to convert to an integer as neither y nor n are numbers and cannot be converted. again remains unchanged, keeping whatever junk value happened to be sitting at that spot in memory and might actually be a y or an n, but more importantly cin is now in an error state that needs to be cleared before continuing.
cin would have notified the OP of this if it had been tested. So let's test it.
int again;
if (cin >> again)
{
// got good input. Do something with it.
}
else
{
// got bad input.
cin.clear();
// that bad input is still in the buffer and needs to be removed
cin.ignore(std::numeric_limits<std::streamsize>::max(), '\n');
// the above line will wipe out everything to the end of the stream or
// end of line, whichever comes first.
}
Why this is important: Because the OP is doing a lot of numeric input with cin and none of it is checked for validity. For example:
cout << "Please enter a number [1 or 2]" << endl;
cin >> a_number;
The program is broken completely and cannot exit without a kill signal if the user types in anything but a number.
Always check the error state and return codes. They are there to help. Always validate user input before using it. Users are evil and will try to break your program. Don't let them.
use char again; instead of int again;
in your code again is int and when in (again == 'y' || again == 'n')you compare again (an int) with a char, that does not make sense
You need to change the again variable to a char datatype because you need to store text. Something like this:
char again;
You also need to change the while statement to:
while(again != "n");
Or
while(again == "y");
I have a switch in which one case asks the user for several inputs to use for constructing a class object. One of these inputs should be in the form of a number. If a number is not entered it breaks the switch and ends up terminating the program. I want to set up a while(){} condition so that if a non integer is entered it will prompt the user to enter an integer and then continue on with the program.
int main(){
int in_yob, ranking;
string in_first_name, in_last_name, in_genre, in_fact, last_name, in_composer;
char selection, choice;
do {
DisplayMenu();
cin >> selection;
cout << endl;
while (!cin || selection < 48 || selection > 53){
cin.clear();
cout << "Please make a valid selection" << endl;
DisplayMenu();
cin >> selection;
}
switch (selection) {
case 49 : {
cout << "First Name: ";
cin >> in_first_name;
cout << "Last Name: ";
cin >> in_last_name;
cout << "Genre: ";
cin >> in_genre;
cout << "Year of Birth: ";
cin >> in_yob;
cout << "Fact: ";
cin >> in_fact;
last_name = in_last_name;
transform(last_name.begin(), last_name.end(), last_name.begin(), ::tolower);
Composer& last_name = myDB.AddComposer(in_first_name, in_last_name,
in_genre, in_yob, in_fact);
cin.clear();
} break;
...
default:
cout << "Please make a valid selection" << endl;
}
} while (selection != 48);
}
I have tried inserting a while loop after cin >> in_yob; as:
while(!cin || in_yob > 1){
cin.clear();
cout << "Enter a positive enter for year of birth: ";
cin >> in_yob;
}
but the result is an infinite loop of "Enter a positive enter for year of birth: ". I know this construct for error checking works outside of a switch case so what is the reason that within a switch case i'm getting this result? Also how would you go about fixing this so that I can check for and prevent an input error? Thanks.
[To explain my self with more space and better formatting better than in a comment I post this as an answer instead as of a comment.]
When you enter input, like for example
1
the input buffer actually contains two characters, firs the digit '1' and then the newline '\n'.
When you read a single character, the input operation extracts the first character, the digit, and writes it to your variable.
If you then read another character, it will read the newline, and not whatever comes after.
There is a trick to "ignore" characters until, for example, a newline, and that is done by using the std::istream::ignore, and if you follow the link to the reference you will see a very good example on how to ignore anything up to and including the newline.
So in your case it's not enough to just call clear you need to call ignore as well in your input validation loop. And if you continue to read single characters, you need to call ignore before that as well.
You needed to clear the input stream.
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
int in_yob = 0;
int main()
{
while(std::cin.good() && in_yob < 1){
std::cin.clear();
std::cout << "Enter a positive enter for year of birth: ";
if( !(std::cin >> in_yob) ) {
std::cin.clear();
std::cin.ignore(10000,'\n');
}
}
std::cout << "YOB " << in_yob << std::endl;
}
I am trying to verify the user input, but I have tried two compilers and I either have one of two things happen. Either it will:
-Constantly loop the error message without asking for user input
OR
-Wait for user input, and if the input is incorrect, will constantly loop the error message.
Here is the code:
cout << "Input number of the equation you want to use (1,2,3): " ;
cin >> userInput;
cout << endl;
while (userInput <= 0 || userInput >= 4)
{
cout << "Please enter a correct input (1,2,3): " ;
cin >> userInput;
cout << endl;
}
if (userInput == 1)
{
userInput is declared as an integer. Is there an easier way to verify user input, or a while loop is necessary? I am still very new to coding.
While using int userInput seems straight forward, it fails when the user inputs non-numeric values. You can use a std::string instead and check, if it contains a numeric value
std::string userInput;
int value;
std::cout << "Input number of the equation you want to use (1,2,3): " ;
while (std::cin >> userInput) {
std::istringstream s(userInput);
s >> value;
if (value >= 1 && value <= 3)
break;
std::cout << "Please enter a correct input (1,2,3): " ;
}
std::istringstream is similar to other input streams. It provides input from an internal memory buffer, in this case the value provided by userInput.
I would add an additional check to make sure that if the user enters non-integral input, the stream is cleared before attempting the next read.
cout << "Input number of the equation you want to use (1,2,3): " ;
cin >> userInput;
cout << endl;
while (userInput <= 0 || userInput >= 4)
{
if ( !cin.good() )
{
cin.clear();
cin.ignore(std::numeric_limits<std::streamsize>::max(), '\n');
}
cout << "Please enter a correct input (1,2,3): " ;
cin >> userInput;
cout << endl;
}
I would suggest using a do loop instead so you have less repeated lines
int userInput = 0;
do
{
cout << "Input number of the equation you want to use (1,2,3): " ;
cin >> userInput;
cout << endl;
if ( !cin.good() )
{
cin.clear();
cin.ignore(std::numeric_limits<std::streamsize>::max(), '\n');
}
} while (userInput <= 0 || userInput >= 4);
You don't want to cin >> int, if you are to perform any error checking. If the user enters a non-integer, you'll end up in difficult-to-recover-from situations.
Rather, cin into a string, perform any error checking you want and convert the string to a integer:
long x;
string sx;
cin >> sx;
x = strtol(sx.c_str(), NULL, 10);
This program should check if entered number is integer. It works fine with strings but not with doubles.
int test;
cout << "Enter the number:" << endl;
while(true) {
cin >> test;
if (!cin || test < 0) {
cout << "Wrong input, enter the number again:" << endl;
cin.clear();
cin.ignore(numeric_limits<streamsize>::max(), '\n');
}
test is int. istream >> operator is just dynamic casting to int and, then, you're losing decimal part.
Yo can just define test as float and cast it to int when needed.
Edit: Answering you last edit (I didn't refresh so I missed this part), what is happening is that, without the gotoyou're looping twice:
You enter 1.5
test is 1 and you don't enter if, so cin is not cleaned up.
loops again and cin immediately returns.
test is 0 so enters if statement and complains.
Hope this helps
Try this:
int test;
cout << "Enter the number:" << endl;
while ( true )
{
cin >> test;
if (!(test < 0 || !cin))
break;
}
cout << "Your chosen number is: " << test << endl;
Is that what you want?
say I have:
int lol;
cout << "enter a number(int): ";
cin >> lol
cout << lol;
If I type 5 then it'll cout 5. If I type fd it couts some numbers.
How can I specify the value, like say I only want it an int?
If you type in fd it will output some numbers because those numbers are what lol happens to have in them before it gets assigned to. The cin >> lol doesn't write to lol because it has no acceptable input to put in it, so it just leaves it alone and the value is whatever it was before the call. Then you output it (which is UB).
If you want to make sure that the user entered something acceptable, you can wrap the >> in an if:
if (!(cin >> lol)) {
cout << "You entered some stupid input" << endl;
}
Also you might want to assign to lol before reading it in so that if the read fails, it still has some acceptable value (and is not UB to use):
int lol = -1; // -1 for example
If, for example, you want to loop until the user gives you some valid input, you can do
int lol = 0;
cout << "enter a number(int): ";
while (!(cin >> lol)) {
cout << "You entered invalid input." << endl << "enter a number(int): ";
cin.clear();
cin.ignore(numeric_limits<streamsize>::max(), '\n');
}
// the above will loop until the user entered an integer
// and when this point is reached, lol will be the input number