Error checking with Arrays

Question

I'm writing a program that's using arrays to display a minimum value, a maximum value, and the average. In my function getNumbers, I'm allowing the user to enter values to store. How can I error check once it's been processed that way the user can't go beyond the array size.

int getNumbers(int array[ARRAY_SIZE], int minimumValue, int maximumValue, sumValue, avgValue)
{
    int i;
    printf("Enter integers to store inside the array :");
    for(i = 0; i<= ARRAY_SIZE-1; i++)
    {
        scanf("%d", &array[i]);
    }
 }

That's an excellent question. You're trying to prevent a buffer overflow attack, right? Here is a good read. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/456303/how-to-validate-input-using-scanf — mj_, Jun 25 '12 at 02:46

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 25 '12 at 02:39

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Maybe you could try "bubbling" your getNumber function with an if. Just make that if check if you're going off bounds.

answered Jun 25 '12 at 02:39

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