Need help im stuck.

[Raizel]

Hey guys!i just started learning c++ programming and i am stuck on a problem.
The problem is I have to implement selection construct and continue the loop and i am not sure where to put my continue; at if i want the user to re-type his/her name. Thanks for helping :)

#include <stdio.h>
#include <conio.h>
#define MAX 25

char welcomeMsg[] = "Please enter your name without * or #";
char errorMsg[] = "Error please re - enter your name without * or #"; //error message
void main(void)
{
int j;
char name[MAX];
char selection;
char input;
j = 0;
puts(welcomeMsg);

do {


input= _getch();
if (input == '*' || input == '#')
{

puts(errorMsg);
j = 0;
printf("do you wish to continue? y/n \n");
fflush(stdin);
scanf_s("%c", &selection);




switch (selection)
{
case'y':
case'Y':
puts(welcomeMsg);


break;
case'n':
case'N':
printf("exiting programme\n");

break;
default:printf("Wrong key brah\n");
}




}

gets_s(name, 24);

j++;

fflush(stdin);


continue;
} while (name < 25 && name != " ");

name[j] + 0;
puts("\nYour name is");
printf("%s\n", name);


}

[closed account G2zU5Di1]

Hi,

It is pretty much C code. Inputting a complete name with _getch() may be difficult. That's why functions for inputting a large number of characters at a time exist for that purpose (cin, scanf, etc), and you really should use them instead.

For checking if there is an invalid character in your name, use strchr (at least it's basic)

[closed account G2zU5Di1]

#include<iostream>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <conio.h>

#define MAX 250
using namespace std;

char welcomeMsg[] = "Please enter your name without * or # : ";

char errorMsg[] = "Error please re - enter your name without * or #\n\n";
 
int main(void)
{
    char name[MAX];
    char selection;

    do
    {
        puts(welcomeMsg);
        cin >> name;

        if(strchr(name, '*') || strchr(name, '#'))
        {
            puts(errorMsg);
            printf("Do you wish to continue? y/n : ");

            cin >> selection ;
            switch(selection)
           {
                case 'y' : case 'Y ': continue;
                case 'n' : case 'N' : printf("Exiting programme..."); return 0;
                default : printf("Wrong key brah\n"); continue;
            }
        }
    } while (strlen(name) <= 1);

    puts("\nYour name is ");
    printf("%s\n", name);

    return 0;
}

[closed account G2zU5Di1]

If you have something u don't understand just ask us :)

Have a good day ~ :)

[Raizel]

Thanks so much guys <3 <3

[closed account G2zU5Di1]

Glad it helped :)

[cire]

VRGaming2 wrote:

    char name[MAX];
    ...
        cin >> name; 

I've seen you give this advice twice now. This is a thing you should never do. Use a C++ string, or, at the very least, limit the amount of characters extracted by cin. You're just asking for a buffer overflow here.

[closed account G2zU5Di1]

I learned from that.

std::string name;
cin >> name;

:)