I'm new at C, and I'm having problems with descisions and loops

[James]

Hi,
I need to create a program that prompts the user to either select
options 1,2,3 or 4, or type end to end the program. The user must be
able to select any option as may times as he or she wants, unitl
he/she types end. I've got a switch going, (as well as using a while
to repeat the switch) and I'm aware it only accepts ints, so i was
thinking of putting an if/else statement around it, something like if
the input is an int, do the switch, else close the program. can anyone
help me?
Thanks,

James

[Eric]

James <ji****@hotmail.com> wrote:

can anyone help me?

Most certainly. Why don't you post what you've got.
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[Clif Penn]

On 22 Nov 2003 08:23:51 -0800, ji****@hotmail.com (James) wrote:

Hi,
I need to create a program that prompts the user to either select
options 1,2,3 or 4, or type end to end the program. The user must be
able to select any option as may times as he or she wants, unitl
he/she types end. I've got a switch going, (as well as using a while
to repeat the switch) and I'm aware it only accepts ints, so i was
thinking of putting an if/else statement around it, something like if
the input is an int, do the switch, else close the program. can anyone
help me?
Thanks,

James

When I have written similar programs, I just use "5" as an aption for
"end".

[Mike Wahler]

"James" <ji****@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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Hi,
I need to create a program that prompts the user to either select
options 1,2,3 or 4, or type end to end the program. The user must be
able to select any option as may times as he or she wants, unitl
he/she types end. I've got a switch going, (as well as using a while
to repeat the switch) and I'm aware it only accepts ints, so i was
thinking of putting an if/else statement around it, something like if
the input is an int, do the switch, else close the program. can anyone
help me?
Thanks,

I once called my dentist when I had a toothache, but darn him,
he insisted that before he could fix it, he needed to actually
look into my mouth.

-Mike

[Julian V. Noble]

James wrote:

Hi,
I need to create a program that prompts the user to either select
options 1,2,3 or 4, or type end to end the program. The user must be
able to select any option as may times as he or she wants, unitl
he/she types end. I've got a switch going, (as well as using a while
to repeat the switch) and I'm aware it only accepts ints, so i was
thinking of putting an if/else statement around it, something like if
the input is an int, do the switch, else close the program. can anyone
help me?
Thanks,

James

Write the program as a finite state machine rather than as decisions cum
loops. It will be much cleaner.

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share of glory that rightfully belongs to ourselves."

-- N. Machiavelli, "The Prince".

[dfg]

Julian V. Noble wrote:

James wrote:

Hi,
I need to create a program that prompts the user to either select
options 1,2,3 or 4, or type end to end the program. The user must be
able to select any option as may times as he or she wants, unitl
he/she types end. I've got a switch going, (as well as using a while
to repeat the switch) and I'm aware it only accepts ints, so i was
thinking of putting an if/else statement around it, something like if
the input is an int, do the switch, else close the program. can anyone
help me?
Thanks,

James

Write the program as a finite state machine rather than as decisions cum
loops. It will be much cleaner.

He is a beginner though. Is a Finite state machine easy enough to
understand for someone new to programming?