Re: Console Number Exception Handling.

From:
Barry <dhb2000@gmail.com>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.c++
Date:
Fri, 10 Oct 2008 18:01:25 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID:
<bac728a9-fef7-4198-8261-38fed0613293@f40g2000pri.googlegroups.com>
On Oct 11, 6:46 am, Ed Dana <EDan...@Cox.net> wrote:

I am attempting to use exception handling in the console to trap an
invalid character into a numeric field. Unfortunately, using this example=

:

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#include <exception>

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
   double number = 0;

   while (number <= 0) {
     std::cout << "Gimme a number: ";
     try {
       std::cin >> number;
     }
     catch (exception e) {
       std::cout << "Oops, you did it again.";
     }
   }

}

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all I get is an endless loop. What exception should I be using and what
header file if not above. Any clues appreciated.


something like this:
http://www.parashift.com/c++-faq-lite/input-output.html#faq-15.5

--
Best Regards
Barry

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