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From: lindahl@violet.berkeley.edu (Ken Lindahl   642-0866)
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Subject: Re: Simple C question
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Date: 15 Apr 91 18:48:26 GMT
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In article <41210@cup.portal.com> gort@cup.portal.com (george d harrington) writes:
>matt mora (mxmora@unix.sri.com) writes:
...
>>while ((test=scanf("%d",&thenumber))!=EOF)

...
>If what you really want to do is exit the loop when you enter a non-
>numeric, change it to 
>       while ( scanf("%d",theNumber) != 1)

Actually, to exit the loop when a non-number is scanf'ed:
	while ( scanf("%d",&theNumber) == 1)
				      ^^

Ken Lindahl				lindahl@violet.berkeley.edu
Advanced Technology Planning,
Information Systems and Technology
University of California at Berkeley