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#ifndef USERINPUT_H
#define USERINPUT_H
/// userinput.h provides functions for retrieving user input.
/// The functions are named get + placeholder used by printf for the given datatype.
/// string -> gets
/// short -> gethd
/// int -> getd
/// long -> getld
/// long long -> getlld
/// unsigned short -> gethu
/// unsigned int -> getu
/// unsigned long -> getlu
/// unsigned long long -> getllu
/// double -> getlf
/// The provided functions handle validating the user input and ask again for input
/// with the given message until it is valid.
/// Using the given message gets asks the user to enter a string repeatedly
/// until its length is between minLength and maxLength (both inclusive).
/// The obtained string is then returned.
/// If you don't want to enforce a minLength or a maxLength you can assign it to NULL.
char *gets(char *message, unsigned long *minLength, unsigned long *maxLength);
/// Using the given message gethd asks the user to enter a short repeatedly
/// until it is in the valid range for a short and between min and max (both inclusive) if provided.
/// The obtained short is then returned.
/// If you don't want to enforce a min or max you can assign it to NULL.
short gethd(char *message, short *min, short *max);
/// Using the given message getd asks the user to enter an int repeatedly
/// until it is in the valid range for an int and between min and max (both inclusive) if provided.
/// The obtained int is then returned.
/// If you don't want to enforce a min or max you can assign it to NULL.
int getd(char *message, int *min, int *max);
/// Using the given message getld asks the user to enter a long repeatedly
/// until it is in the valid range for a long and between min and max (both inclusive) if provided.
/// The obtained long is then returned.
/// If you don't want to enforce a min or max you can assign it to NULL.
long getld(char *message, long *min, long *max);
/// Using the given message getlld asks the user to enter a long long repeatedly
/// until it is in the valid range for a long long and between min and max (both inclusive) if provided.
/// The obtained long is then returned.
/// If you don't want to enforce a min or max you can assign it to NULL.
long long getlld(char *message, long long *min, long long *max);
/// Using the given message gethu asks the user to enter an unsigned short repeatedly
/// until it is in the valid range for an unsigned short and between min and max (both inclusive) if provided.
/// The obtained unsigned short is then returned.
/// If you don't want to enforce a min or max you can assign it to NULL.
unsigned short gethu(char *message, unsigned short *min, unsigned short *max);
/// Using the given message getu asks the user to enter an unsigned int repeatedly
/// until it is in the valid range for an unsigned int and between min and max (both inclusive) if provided.
/// The obtained unsigned int is then returned.
/// If you don't want to enforce a min or max you can assign it to NULL.
unsigned int getu(char *message, unsigned int *min, unsigned int *max);
/// Using the given message getlu asks the user to enter an unsigned long repeatedly
/// until it is in the valid range for an unsigned long and between min and max (both inclusive) if provided.
/// The obtained unsigned long is then returned.
/// If you don't want to enforce a min or max you can assign it to NULL.
unsigned long getlu(char *message, unsigned long *min, unsigned long *max);
/// Using the given message getllu asks the user to enter an unsigned long long repeatedly
/// until it is in the valid range for an unsigned long long and between min and max (both inclusive) if provided.
/// The obtained unsigned long long is then returned.
/// If you don't want to enforce a min or max you can assign it to NULL.
unsigned long long getllu(char *message, unsigned long long *min, unsigned long long *max);
/// Using the given message getlf asks the user to enter a double repeatedly
/// until it is in the valid range for a double, between min and max (both inclusive),
/// greater than the given greaterThan and smaller than the given smallerThan.
/// The obtained double is then returned.
/// If you don't want to enforce a min, max, greaterThan or smallerThan you can assign them to NULL.
double getlf(char *message, double *min, double *max, double *greaterThan, double *smallerThan);#endif
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