Computer Science Canada Limiting input |
| Author: | noobsauce [ Thu Oct 09, 2008 5:56 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Limiting input |
How do i limit the input to for example 3 characters without like doing a string and ignoring everything after the 3rd part. |
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| Author: | [Gandalf] [ Thu Oct 09, 2008 6:06 pm ] |
| Post subject: | RE:Limiting input |
Not sure exactly what you're looking for, but a loop with getch() or Input.KeyDown() would work. |
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| Author: | noobsauce [ Thu Oct 09, 2008 6:20 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Limiting input |
What i am asking is that if for example, i ask for someone's student number. I know it is 9 digits, how do I prevent the user from entering over 9 digits? |
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| Author: | Tony [ Thu Oct 09, 2008 6:24 pm ] |
| Post subject: | RE:Limiting input |
you ask for the input 1 character at a time (using getch()) and keep a count of how much the user has entered so far. |
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| Author: | Insectoid [ Thu Oct 09, 2008 6:25 pm ] |
| Post subject: | RE:Limiting input |
Use getch () in a for loop, and add the input to a string. This way, you can getch 9 times, and it will automatically end the getting. |
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| Author: | noobsauce [ Thu Oct 09, 2008 8:03 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Limiting input |
Thanks for the reply guys, I really appreciate it. I have another problem I need the user to input a name, first and last, but the get statement only gets the info until the space, so the last name is ignored, how do I get the full name in 1 string? |
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| Author: | Insectoid [ Thu Oct 09, 2008 8:09 pm ] |
| Post subject: | RE:Limiting input |
when typing multiple words into a string, you need to put quoteations around them. input (Harold Haselhoff) will return 'Harold', while input ("Harold Haselhoff") will return Harold Haselhoff. |
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| Author: | Clayton [ Thu Oct 09, 2008 8:16 pm ] | ||
| Post subject: | RE:Limiting input | ||
Actually, not quite. get only captures input up to the first whitespace in the string that it's trying to capture from. To counter this, you'll need to use:
the :* following the get statement will make sure that you capture all input that the user provides, even whitespce. |
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| Author: | Insectoid [ Thu Oct 09, 2008 8:23 pm ] |
| Post subject: | RE:Limiting input |
I've always used quotations, but then, I never knew you could do it your way. Oh, well, Turing is behind me. But quotations will cancel out the 'no white space' thing. |
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| Author: | noobsauce [ Thu Oct 09, 2008 8:36 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Limiting input |
nvm, i figured out how to do it. Thanks guys |
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| Author: | rto [ Fri Oct 10, 2008 8:12 am ] |
| Post subject: | RE:Limiting input |
For reference, you could also make a second variable. might take a bit of extra time but no extra steps are needed in the inputting stage |
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