RE: [Dev-C++] type mismatch

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  From: dev...@li...
[mailto:dev...@li...]On Behalf Of Nathan
Binette
  Sent: Saturday, November 30, 2002 3:11 PM
  To: dev...@li...
  Subject: [Dev-C++] type mismatch


  When writing a basic program to perform a calcuation I have set types as
float to receive input (cin).  When I enter a character (not a number) when
prompted for input the program terminates.  This happens even when using
exception handling

      cin.exceptions(cin.failbit);
      try{  }
      catch (...) {   };

  I've enabled exception handling via compiler options but this does not
help?  Can anyone offer any comments on how to avoid program termination
when type mismatch occurs?

  Thanks, Nate
  [[Ken]: ]

  Why not receive a string, check for validity, and convert to a float?

  atof() means ASCII to float
  atol() means ASCII to long
  atoi() means ASCII to int

  #include <stdlib.h>
  price = atof (mybuffer);

  Checkout http://www.cplusplus.com/doc/tutorial/tut3-2.html.
  Ken Bradford
  Alpha II Service, Inc.
  (614)868-5033