Update changed user input method on main menu

CM2005 Object Oriented Programming/Topic 4/4.4.7/MerkelMain.cpp

@@ -75,8 +75,9 @@ void MerkelMain::enterAsk()
 {
     std::cout << "Make an ask - enter the amount (product, price, amount. e.g. 'ETH/BTC, 200, 0.5)': " << std::endl;
     std::string input;
-    std::cin.ignore(std::numeric_limits<std::streamsize>::max(), '\n');
+    //std::cin.ignore(std::numeric_limits<std::streamsize>::max(), '\n');
     std::getline(std::cin, input);
+
     std::vector<std::string> tokens = CSVReader::tokenise(input, ',');
     if(tokens.size() != 3)
     {
@@ -114,10 +115,20 @@ void MerkelMain::gotoNextTimeframe()
 
 int MerkelMain::getUserOption()
 {
-    int userOption;
+    int userOption = 0;
 
+    std::string line;
     std::cout << "Type in 1-6" << std::endl;
-    std::cin >> userOption;
+    std::getline(std::cin, line);
+    //std::cin >> userOption;
+    try
+    {
+        userOption = std::stoi(line);
+    }
+    catch(const std::exception& e)
+    {
+        std::cout << "Invalid input!" << std::endl;
+    }
     std::cout << "You chose: " << userOption << std::endl;
     return userOption;
 }