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  1. Sep 13th, 2001, 07:30 PM #1
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    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...
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  2. Sep 13th, 2001, 07:41 PM #2
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    did you try the getchar() function? It only allows one character to be inputted.

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  3. Sep 13th, 2001, 07:59 PM #3
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    Hey crptc, can you explain something to me? What's the difference between getch() and getchar()?
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  4. Sep 13th, 2001, 09:06 PM #4
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    One is defined in conio.h, the other is defined in stdio.h. There are probably other differences, but nothing major.

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  6. Sep 14th, 2001, 05:19 AM #5
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    If in doubt, use the one from stdio.h
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