Trying to have c++ program quit by inputting a letter

Question

I made a program that generates a multiplication table for the number that is inputted by the user:

#include <iostream>
#include <iomanip>
#include <string>
#include <cstdlib>
#include <ctime>
using namespace std;

int main()
{
    char userSelection;
    int numForTable;
    int col;
    int row;

    do
    {
        cout << "Please enter a number for your multiplication table: " << endl;
        cin >> numForTable;

        while (numForTable < 1 || numForTable > 10)
        {
            cout << "Please enter a number between 1 & 10." << endl;
            cin >> numForTable;
        }

        cout << "n"
             << "MULTIPLICATION TABLE: " << numForTable << "'s" << endl
             << "n"
             << "    " << 1;

        for (col = 2; col <= numForTable; ++col)

            cout << "    " << col;
            cout << endl;
            cout << "   ----|";


        for (col = 2; col <= numForTable; ++col)

            cout << "----|";
            cout << endl;


        for (col = 1; col <= numForTable; ++col)
        {
            cout << setw(2) << col << "|";

            for (row = 1; row <= numForTable; ++row)

                cout << setw(4) << col * row << "|";
                cout << endl;
                cout << " -|----";

            for (row = 2; row <= numForTable - 1; ++row)

                cout << "|----";
                cout << "|----|";
                cout << endl;
        }
    }
    while (userSelection != 'q');

    return 0;
}

It continuously asks the user to input a number until the program is closed, but I’m trying to make it so the program closes when the user inputs any alphabet letter followed by a message that says something like "Have a nice day"

c++

Ramzs · Accepted Answer

I totally used your program to write the table, and only make the mechanism to switch between writing the table or exiting the program. Since your program only writes the table for integer between 1-10, which is 2-9, I used the ASCII code of the char for it. Here's the code. #include #include #include #include #include using namespace std; int main() { char userSelection; int numForTable; int col; int row; while(cin>>userSelection) { int numForTable = (int)userSelection - 48; if(numForTable<2 or numForTable > 9) //because the limit of the table is between 1-10, that is 2-9 { cout<<"Have a nice day"<

Eric Echemane · Answer

You can type and input a character or string in 'numForTable' to quit the program but it will throw an error because of a type mismatch.

To handle this, you can use try and catch in c++

//start of do while loop
cout << "Please enter a number for your multiplication table: " << endl;
    
    try{
      cin >> numForTable;
      if(!numForTable){ //if numForTable is not int, it will throw the the catch will be executed
        throw 0;
      }
    }catch(...){
      cout<< "Have a nice day";
      return 0;
    }
    while (numForTable < 1 || numForTable > 10)
    {
        cout << "Please enter a number between 1 & 10." << endl;

        // I do the same here
        try{
            cin >> numForTable;
            if(!numForTable){
            throw 0;
        }
        }catch(...){
            cout<< "Have a nice day";
            return 0;
        }
    }

I tried this and it worked Also I changed the do while to -- do...while(true)

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