Question: I'm trying to create a program that asks to type something and check if it is an integer. If it is an integer, then print "the integer is ...". Else, print "try again" and waits for another input. However, the program prints an infinite number of "try again" if you type in a character. Here's the source code:

```
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdbool.h>

int main()
{
  int inp;
  bool t = 1;
  printf("type an integer\n");
  while (t) {
    if (scanf("%i", &inp) == 1) { 
      printf("The integer is %i", inp);
      t = 0;
    } else {
      printf("try again");
      scanf("%i", &inp);
    }
  }
}

```

Answer: 
OP's code fail to consume the offending non-numeric input. It remains in `stdin`, for the next input function. As it is unfortunately just another `scanf("%i", &inp)` which fails the same way - infinite loop.

After attempting to read an `int`, read the rest of the line.

```
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdbool.h>

int main() {
  int inp;
  int scan_count;
  printf("Type an integer\n");
  do {
    scan_count = scanf("%i", &inp); // 1, 0, or EOF

     // consume rest of line
    int ch;
    while ((ch == fgetchar()) != '\n' && ch != EOF) {
      ;
    }

  } while (scan_count == 0); 
  if (scan_count == 1) {  
    printf("The integer is %i\n", inp);
  } else {
    puts("End of file or error");
  }
}

```

An even better approach would read the line of user input with `fgets()`. [Example](https://stackoverflow.com/a/41146306/2410359)
> 
> There is nothing in to break the while loop.
> 
> 
> 

consider getting rid of the boolean, and simply using a while (1) loop with a break. Also you should be using "%d" to indicate an integer in scanf/printf. And there is no need for the scanf call in the else, since your program would loop back and call scanf again anyway.

```
#include <stdio.h>
int main() {
  int inp = 0;
  printf("type an integer\n");
  while (1) {
    if (scanf("%d", &inp) == 1) { 
      printf("The integer is %d", inp);
      break;
    }
    else {
      printf("try again");
    }
  }
  return 0;
}

```

I hope this helped.