#include <iostream.h>

template <class T> void Get(T& x, const char* Prompt)
{
	do
	{
		if (cin.rdstate() != ios::goodbit)
		{
			cin.clear();
			int ElementsInBuffer = cin.rdbuf()->in_avail();

			cin.ignore(ElementsInBuffer,'\n');
		}

		cout << Prompt;
		cin >> x;
	}
	while (cin.rdstate() != ios::goodbit);
}


void GetLine(char* string, const char* Prompt, int MaxLength = 0)
{
	cout << Prompt;

	int ElementsInBuffer = cin.rdbuf()->in_avail();
	cin.ignore(ElementsInBuffer,'\n');
	
	cin.getline(string,MaxLength);

	ElementsInBuffer = cin.rdbuf()->in_avail();
	cin.ignore(ElementsInBuffer,'\n');
}


void main()
{
	int x = 0;
	float y = 0;
	char c;

	Get(x, "Please enter an number. ");
	Get(y,"Please enter a fractional number. ");
	Get(c,"Please enter a character. ");
	Get(c,"Please enter a character. ");


	char string[10];
	GetLine(string,"Please enter a long string ", 10);

	cout << x;
}