Input Questions
 

I am working inside a function and am already passing back a value. Inside the function I am using cin to get an int from the user. If they want to quit they type q. The input buffer fails when this happens. I could use an if statement and then clear the buffer but I cant pass back another value. For example

int menu( bool hidemenu,int *parr)

{

        int choice;

        using namespace std;

        cout << "****MENU****" <<endl<<endl;

        cout << "(1) Set Array Size" << endl;

        if(parr != 0)

                cout << "(2) Set Array Values" << endl;

        if(hidemenu==false)

        {

                cout << "(3) Add Array Values" << endl;

                cout << "(4) Average Values in Array" << endl;

                cout << "(5) Find Highest Value in Array" << endl;

                cout << "(6) Find Lowest Value in Array" << endl;

                cout << "(7) Print the Array" << endl;

                cout << "(9) Delete the Array" << endl;

                cout << "(q) Quit" << endl;

        }

        cin >> choice;

        if(!cin)

        {clear,ignor,badInput=True,blah blah.....}

//doesnt work b/c cant pass back badinput value

        return choice;

How could I get around this problem?

Re: Input Questions
 

What is the error that you are getting? Or whats going wrong, how do you know it fails?

Re: Input Questions
 

I just assume that because when I type in q it doesnt let me input anything anymore it just keeps repeating my code without stopping.

Re: Input Questions
 

you are inputting to an int; there's your problem.

Re: Input Questions
 

The

int choice

is an int and as q is a char it sends the ascii value you should either make all your choices chars or make q a int like 0.

That may solve your problem.