How to Stop input?

[Falko-tux]

Hello my friends i've one question:

i want to stop the input of an user, when he inserts a certain string es "x". Now this part of code:

char * risposte [dim];
	for (int i=0;i<dim;i++)
		risposte[i]=new char [dim];	
	int contarisp=0;
	
	cout<<"Inserisci le risposte del cruciverba (max 30). Usa il carattere terminatore 'x' per finire l'immissione di parole.\n";
	
cin>>risposte[contarisp];
	
	while(strcmp(risposte[contarisp],"x"))
	{
		cout<<"Hai inserito "<<risposte[contarisp]<<endl;
		cout<<"Conta risp &#232; "<<contarisp<<endl;
		contarisp++;
		cout<<"ora &#232; "<<contarisp<<endl;
		cin>>risposte[contarisp];
	}

doesn't always work why? How i can stop the "While"?

[MrViggy]

What is your intent with this:

char * risposte [dim];
for (int i=0;i<dim;i++)
   risposte[i]=new char [dim];

Viggy

[monarch_dodra]

i want to stop the input of an user

You can't using standard C++. All you can do is "ask for some input" and wait till the user/os to return control to your code, with input in your buffer.

From there, you can choose to ask for more input, or to do something else, but it is not possible to interrupt the user when he inserts a specific character, for example (again, using standard C++).

[Falko-tux]

It's an array of pointers, and then I create a new char [] for each position of the previous array.

[Falko-tux]

Thank you, so I have to say the max number of inputs the user can write, right?

[MrViggy]

Been lookin' at code too long... I missed the '[dim]' part! D'OH!

When does the check not work?

Viggy

[Falko-tux]

it doesn't work when I put the "x" string..it must stop but it waits for other strings!

[MrViggy]

I don't see a check to see if you've overrun the array...

Viggy

[Falko-tux]

I tried to print the array, but it doesn't arrive there so I put some cout after the cin in the while but the program when I insert "x" seems to 'freeze' and waits for other input!

[MrViggy]

What are you doing after the while loop?

Viggy