Okay, I have a file needs user input (1 through 5) how do I restrict the user input. Say if someone typed "r" or another character other than 1 through 5 how would I block that input because when I input an unexpected character is crashes the program instead of ingoing it.
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wrote:Okay, I have a file needs user input (1 through 5) how do I restrict the user input. Say if someone typed "r" or another character other than 1 through 5 how would I block that input because when I input an unexpected character is crashes the program instead of ingoing it.
I'm not exactly a DOS or batch guru, but I have used simple batch files extensively in the past
Can't you make a statement along the lines of
if 1 goto <your batch continues>if 2 goto <your batch continues>if 3 goto <your batch continues>if 4 goto <your batch continues>if 5 goto <your batch continues>goto end
so that if the user input is incorrect, it simply terminates?
As QBix suggested, using "CHOICE.COM":
@ECHO OFF:TopCLS@ECHO Your Main Menu@ECHO --------------@ECHO Option [1]@ECHO Option [2]@ECHO Option [3]@ECHO Option [4]@ECHO Option [5]@ECHO.@ECHO [Q]uit@ECHO.CHOICE /C:12345QIF ERRORLEVEL 6 GOTO QuitIF ERRORLEVEL 5 GOTO Option5IF ERRORLEVEL 4 GOTO Option4IF ERRORLEVEL 3 GOTO Option3IF ERRORLEVEL 2 GOTO Option2IF ERRORLEVEL 1 GOTO Option1:Option1CLS@ECHO This is Option 1!@ECHO Press any key to return to the main menu...PAUSE>NULGOTO Top:Option2CLS@ECHO This is Option 2!@ECHO Press any key to return to the main menu...PAUSE>NULGOTO Top:Option3CLS@ECHO This is Option 3!@ECHO Press any key to return to the main menu...PAUSE>NULGOTO Top:Option4CLS@ECHO This is Option 4!@ECHO Press any key to return to the main menu...PAUSE>NULGOTO Top:Option5CLS@ECHO This is Option 5!@ECHO Press any key to return to the main menu...PAUSE>NULGOTO Top:QuitCLS@ECHO Hasta la vista, Baby!
@ECHO Press any key to exit...PAUSE>NUL
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