C++: How to use cin.ignore() to ignore all possible characters in an input

Question

I'm making a silly little text-based "VN" in c++, and have run in to a small snag. I want to use while loops to catch errors, and have tried using cin.ignore(numeric_limits<streamsize>::max(), '\n') to only have the error message display ONCE. Otherwise, the error message will display for every letter that is an incorrect input. Can anyone help me with this? Thanks so much!

Answer 1

To eliminate the compile errors shown in your pic,
add the following macro before the windows.h
include statement:

#define NOMINMAX
#include <windows.h>

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