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Originally Posted by tumbleTetris
ooh, another little technicality.
if a user inputs something that is not 1 2 or x, how can I tell them they made a mistake and should reinput something 1 2 or x.
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You use data validation. When you get the data from the user, you are expecting it to match certain criteria. Check that it matches, and if it does not, you query the user again.
You can use repeated conditional statements to test for validity, or (in certain cases, such as yours) build up a list of valid inputs (in an array, for example), and then iterate through the list, checking each time.
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Originally Posted by tumbleTetris
If I use else if's I can't ask again, can I?
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Sure you can. Probably the easiest way is to set a 'validity' flag when you test the input. For example, say you have a switch() block, or series of if() statements. Set the flag to false before you get the input. Then you test it in each case or if() statement, and if it is valid, you set the flag to true. However, only set it to false at the beginning of the testing process (otherwise, it might be set to true when you test for valid input A, and then to false when it's not valid input B, resulting in your program rejecting perfectly valid input). You then use this flag as the test condition in a loop:
do
{
valid = false;
// prompt user for input here
// initialize 'userInput' variable with input from user
if(userInput == whateverItShouldBe)
valid = true;
} while(!valid);