Input Validation for Switch Menu Driven Program

[jnick12]

How do I validate that the input from the user is a number and nothing else within each case?

#include <iostream> 
#include <cstdlib>
#include <iomanip>
#include <limits>

using namespace std;

int main ()
{
	double operand1, operand2;
	double sum, difference, quotient;
    int exit = 1;
	char choice;
        
    while (exit == 1)
    {
	cout << "\n\nBASIC CALCULATOR\n"
		 << "a. Addition\n"
		 << "b. Subtraction\n"
		 << "c. Division\n\n"
		 << "d. Quit\n\n";
	
	//Get the choice
	cout << "Insert Option: ";
	cin  >> choice;

	
	
	//Switch to deal with four cases
	switch (choice)
	{
		case 'a':	cout << "\n\nInput Operands: ";
					cin  >> operand1 >> operand2;
                                              sum = operand1 + operand2;
                                              cout << fixed << showpoint << setprecision(2);
		                            cout << "\nThe sum is " << sum << "\n\n";
					break;

		case 'b':	cout << "\n\nInput Operands: ";
					cin  >> operand1 >> operand2;
					difference = operand1 - operand2;
					cout << fixed << showpoint << setprecision(2);
					cout << "\nThe difference is " << difference << "\n\n";
					break;

		case 'c':	cout << "\n\nInput Operands: ";
					cin  >> operand1 >> operand2;
					quotient = operand1 / operand2;
					cout << fixed << showpoint << setprecision(2);
					cout << "\nThe quotient is " << quotient << "\n\n";
					break;

		case 'd':	exit = 0;
                    break;

		default:    cout << "\nWanring: Input Error!\n\n";
                   
                    
	} // exit switch
	
      system("PAUSE");

      system("CLS");
	} // exit while loop

	
	return 0;
}

[MasterGberry]

At line 26

if (choice >= 'd' || choice <= 'a')
{
exit = 0;
cout << "Invalid option, terminating program." << endl;
break;
}

[jnick12]

Do you know how to validate if a number entered and nothing else?

[WaltP]

You'll have to read the input as a string and test each character to be sure they are digits. If they are, convert the input to a number. This would make a great function. Return the number or -1 if not a number.