Why am I getting garbage?

[Allen Maki]

//Hi there,

//I need help.

//If I run the program and entered 100 at the prompt, I will get 45

//(garbage).

//Can anybody tell me what am I doing wrong? And how it can be corrected?

#include "stdafx.h"

#using <mscorlib.dll>

using namespace System;

using namespace System::IO;

int _tmain()

{

//Read from Screen

Int32 K = Console::Read();

Console::Write(K);

return 0;

[pvdg42]

"Allen Maki" <al*******@sbcglobal.netwrote in message
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//Hi there,

//I need help.

//If I run the program and entered 100 at the prompt, I will get 45

//(garbage).

//Can anybody tell me what am I doing wrong? And how it can be corrected?

#include "stdafx.h"

#using <mscorlib.dll>

using namespace System;

using namespace System::IO;

int _tmain()

{

//Read from Screen

Int32 K = Console::Read();

Console::Write(K);

return 0;

Start with the fact that the Read method does not read from the screen. It
reads the next character in the input stream.
The default input device is the keyboard.

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/lib...sole.read.aspx

Check the example code in the article. It should lead you in the right
direction.

[Tamas Demjen]

Allen Maki wrote:

Int32 K = Console::Read();

How would Read know that you want to read a string and convert it into
integer? Read reads a single character and returns its code. In your
case, 45 means you hit the - key.

To read a string, use ReadLine, after which you can use Int32::Parse to
convert it into integer.

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/lib....readline.aspx
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-gb/lib...t32.parse.aspx

Tom