void MyFloat::Read()
{
	char ch;
	int k = 0;
 
	cin.get(ch);
 
	while( ch == '0' ||  isspace(ch))
		cin.get(ch);
 
	if (ch != '.')
		return;
 
    cin.get(ch);
 
	while( k != isalpha(ch) || k != MAX_DIGITS)
	{	     
		 Number[k] = ch - '0';
		 k++;
		 cin.get(ch);
	}
 
	for(k; k<MAX_DIGITS; k++)
			 Number[k]=0;
 
	NumberOfDigits = k;
	cin.putback(ch);
 
}

while( ch != isalpha(ch) || k == MAX_DIGITS)

//declare a flag variable
bool invalidInput;
 
//outer loop controls number of digits input
while(k < MAX_DIGITS)	
{
   //reset flag each time through outer loop
   invalidInput = true;
 
   //inner loop 
   while(invalidInput)
   {
      //gets char input
      cin.get(ch);
 
      //validates char input
      if(!isalpha(ch))  //could use if(isdigit(ch)) as alternate syntax---better validation---what if input is * char or ^ char or # char, etc.  in addition to alphabetical char
      {
         //converts char input into int type and assigns it to an array at index k
         Number[k] = ch - '0';
 
         //get next index		 
         k++;
 
         //change flag to stop inner loop
         invalidInput = false;		 
      }//end if body 
   }//end inner loop
}//end outer loop