Why am i getting an infinite loop?

[ddominguez]

Hey everyone,

I'm trying to figure out why i cant take cin our of its failed state. I am getting an infinite loop if i enter a character but i am using cin.clear() to take it out? any suggestions?

        cout << "How many steps should the somnambulist take (enter a whole number)?\n\n";
	cin >> steps;

	while(cin.fail())
	{
		cin.ignore(100,'\n');
		cin.clear();
		cout << "Please enter the number of steps to take as a whole number)\n";
		cin >> steps;
	}