Handling Input to Avoid Program Crashes

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15 Jun 2010CPOL

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Instead of doing what the original author does (which is read a string and convert it manually into a number) why not use streams properly?When a program wants a number, read a number and then check the stream state is still good. If it's not you know the user has entered something that's...

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Aescleal

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I've been programming since 1985 - starting with Fortran 77, then moving onto assembler, C and C++ in about 1991. I also know enough Java and Python to read code but you probably wouldn't want me writing it.

I've worked in a wide variety of application areas - defense, banking, games and security with the longest stints being in security. I also seem to end up programming devices far too often. This time I'm programming terahertz band body scanners.

Handling Input to Avoid Program Crashes

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