This snippet uses strtod
to be a little more stringent.
Read a Floating-Point Value from the User, Part 3
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <ctype.h>
int mygetd(double *result)
{
char *end, buff [ 32 ];
return fgets(buff, sizeof buff, stdin) && !isspace(*buff) &&
(*result = strtod(buff, &end)), ( *end == '\n' || *end == '\0' );
}
int main(void)
{
double value = -12.3;
do
{
fputs("Enter a floating-point number: ", stdout);
fflush(stdout);
} while ( !mygetd(&value) );
printf("value = %g\n", value);
return 0;
}
/* my output
Enter a floating-point number: one
Enter a floating-point number:
Enter a floating-point number: f12.3
Enter a floating-point number: -45.67
value = -45.67
Enter a floating-point number: -12.3f
Enter a floating-point number: 125 help
Enter a floating-point number: 1.2.3
Enter a floating-point number: 1.23
value = 1.23
*/
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