overflowing a char

Simple one I think...
I am reading data in from the keyboard and at one point I want the user to input a single char, now if the user provides "AAA" instead of just 'A' the second and third A gets pushed into the next variable when I try and read it in Any idea how to just drop off the extra junk after the first letter?
I have tried cin.ignore() but that will only chop off one character...

did you try the getchar() function? It only allows one character to be inputted.

:)

Hey crptc, can you explain something to me? What's the difference between getch() and getchar()?

One is defined in conio.h, the other is defined in stdio.h. There are probably other differences, but nothing major.

Z.

If in doubt, use the one from stdio.h :)