Beginner C++ question

My program prompts the user for a number between 1 & 5.

How can I check if the user entered a number between the given range, and not a random character?

I am using fgets(...) to read the user's answer which returns a string if I am correct.

Thanks in advance!

Translate the string to the equivalent number. Using atoi is probably the easiest way.

use something like

Code:

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(0 < 1) && (1 < 5);

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good with if statement.

Since it's a single digit, you could just read in a char and compare it to '1' and '5' (the ASCII characters, not the numbers). However, to protect against multiple characters being entered, you might want to read an entire string and then just compare the first character.