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I'm quite new to c++ so please understand that my question may be silly.
I need to create a function which takes from the user a table and fills it with only specific characters. Let's say that the user needs to input his name. If the user inputs a charater from A to Z (or a to z) the character should be displayed on the screen and in that case- everything is fine. The problem is- when the user inputs a forbidden character (for instance 1-9) this shouldn't be displayed on the screen and the cursor should stay in the same position).
Do you guys know how to do this?

Answer 1

May be you can use this to do your job:
char ch;
while(ch = getch())
{
if((ch>='A' && ch<='Z') || (ch>='a' && ch<='z'))
{
cout << ch;
}
}
This will print only [A-Z][a-z]. You can also store your required char to use further.

Answer 2

On Windows you can use conio.h.
Also, you can overload the istream::operator>> function to make solution more elegant and easy to use:
Complete example:
#include <iostream>
#include <conio.h>
using namespace std;
struct person_t
{
string name;
string last_name;
};
// This is the function you're looking for.
void get_filtered_string(string &str)
{
char c;
str = "";
do
{
c = _getch();
if (('A' <= c && c <= 'Z') || ('a' <= c && c <= 'z'))
{
putchar(c); // 1
str.push_back(c);
}
} while (c != '\r'); // 2
}
istream &operator>>(istream &stream, person_t &person)
{
string str = "";
cout << "Enter name: ";
get_filtered_string(str);
person.name = str;
cout << endl;
cout << "Enter last name: ";
get_filtered_string(str);
person.last_name = str;
cout << endl;
return stream;
}
int main()
{
person_t person;
cin >> person;
cout << person.name.c_str() << " " << person.last_name.c_str() << endl;
return 0;
}
Output character to screen.
In Windows when you hit Enter you're introducing two characters '\r' and '\n' in that order. Thats why we check here for '\r'.