In this example, cin sets the fail bit on the stream when it encounters non-numeric characters. The program clears the fail bit and strips the invalid character from the stream to proceed.
// iostream_cin.cpp
// compile with: /EHsc
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
int main()
{
int x;
cout << "enter choice:";
cin >> x;
while (x < 1 || x > 4)
{
cout << "Invalid choice, try again:";
cin >> x;
// not a numeric character, probably
// clear the failure and pull off the non-numeric character
if (cin.fail())
{
cin.clear();
char c;
cin >> c;
}
}
}Input
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