Creating an Invalid message in response to user input: nothing other that whole numbers. Thanks.

[lizzy hail]

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Hi, this is a really basic code that asks users to input two numbers (whole and then later fractional) and preforms some basic calculations. So far it is successful, but what I cannot figure out is how I should go about sending the user an invalid message "please enter only whole numbers" if they enter something other than a whole number in the first part ( a letter, a fraction, ect.) and also I want to create a code so that if the user enters 'END' the program will terminate. I was thinking maybe using a do, while loop for the first part but am looking for suggestions as I am not 100% sure how to do that.
thanks for your time,
lizzy


#include "stdafx.h"
#include <iostream>
#include <math.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string>
using namespace std;



int _tmain(int argc, _TCHAR* argv[])
{
int wholenumber1 = 0;
int wholenumber2;
int wholesum, wholedifference, wholedivision, wholemultiplication, wholemodulus;

//wholenumbers:

std::cout << "please enter your first whole number and hit enter:" << endl;
cin >> wholenumber1;
std::cout << "you entered " << wholenumber1 << endl;

cout << "please enter your second whole number and hit enter:" << endl;
cin >> wholenumber2;
std::cout << "you entered " << wholenumber2 << endl;
cout << "your two numbers are:" << wholenumber1 << "and" << wholenumber2 << endl;
wholesum = wholenumber1 + wholenumber2;
wholedifference = wholenumber1 - wholenumber2;
wholedivision = wholenumber1 / wholenumber2;
wholemodulus = wholenumber1%wholenumber2;
wholemultiplication = wholenumber1 * wholenumber2;
cout << "the sum of the two is = " << wholesum << endl;
cout << "the difference between the first number and the second number is =" << wholedifference << endl;
cout << "the first number divided by the second is =" << wholedivision << endl;
cout << "the first number times the second is =" << wholemultiplication << endl;
cout << "the first number modulus the second is =" << wholemodulus << endl;
cout << endl;

// fractional numbers:
float fractionalnumber1;
float fractionalnumber2;
float fractionalsum, fractionalmultiplication, fractionaldivision, fractionaldifference;

cout << "please enter your first fractional number:" << endl;
cin >> fractionalnumber1;
std::cout << "you entered " << fractionalnumber1 << endl;
cout << "please enter your second fractional number:" << endl;
cin >> fractionalnumber2;
std::cout << "you entered " << fractionalnumber2 << endl;
cout << "your two chosen fractional numbers are:" << fractionalnumber1 << "and"<< fractionalnumber2 << endl;
fractionalsum = fractionalnumber1 + fractionalnumber2;
fractionaldifference = fractionalnumber1 - fractionalnumber2;
fractionalmultiplication = fractionalnumber1 * fractionalnumber2;
fractionaldivision = fractionalnumber1 / fractionalnumber2;
cout << "the sum of the two is = " << fractionalsum << endl;
cout << "the difference between the two is =" << fractionaldifference << endl;
cout << "the first number times the second is =" << fractionalmultiplication << endl;
cout << "the first number divided by the second is =" << fractionaldivision << endl;

return 0;
}

[safia sohail]

in order to restrict the user to add whole numbers only , u can use if-else statements like
cout<<"enter whole numbers"<<endl;
cin>>x;
if(x>=0) // as whole numbers are greater than equal to zero !
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your calculations
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else
cout<<"invalid Input"<<endl;

[lizzy hail]

I gave that a try and the program, when run, does not recognize it and when fractions(decimals) are entered it continues to freak out. Could you take a look at the code and tell me if I entered it correctly?

int wholenumber1;
int wholenumber2;
int wholesum, wholedifference, wholedivision, wholemultiplication, wholemodulus;

//wholenumbers:

std::cout << "please enter your first whole number and hit enter:" << endl;
cin >> wholenumber1;
if (wholenumber1 >= 0)
{
std::cout << "you entered " << wholenumber1 << endl;

}
else
{
cout << "Invalid Input, please enter a whole number and hit enter" << endl;
cin >> wholenumber1;
}