hello am new here.. can somebody tell me if there's a restriction for a decimal numbers entered? for instance,
cout<<"Enter number: "
cin>>num;
--- if the user put a decimal number on the variable num..
i want this to be INVALID INPUT in the terminal screen as a result.
any idea please.. it's c++.. thanks!
Jump to Postif (!(cin >> num)) cerr << "INVALID INPUT\n";
if (!(cin >> num))
cerr << "INVALID INPUT\n";hello am new here.. can somebody tell me if there's a restriction for a decimal numbers entered? for instance,
cout<<"Enter number: "
cin>>num;--- if the user put a decimal number on the variable num..
i want this to be INVALID INPUT in the terminal screen as a result.any idea please.. it's c++.. thanks!
before you can use narue's solution your 'num' variable has to of correct type. Because your checking if cin failed means that your num variable has to be of a type that does not support reading in floating numbers, for example if 'num' was of type char then entering in decimal number would fail it. But if it was like a std::string or char array or any floating or integral type then it wouldn't fail.
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