Using a counter and an if statement inside the while loop, only allow the user five opportunities before ending the program. if the user gets to 5 incorrect inputs, display a message that they have hit the limit of tries and exit the program. (hint: to completely stop a program use the return command.)

#include <iostream>

using namespace std;

int main ()

{  int cutoff = 5;

 int tries = 0;

 int u_input = 0;

 while (0 == 0)

   {      if (tries == cutoff)

{

      cout << "You have hit the limit of tries ";

 return 0;}

     else{

  cout << "Enter a postive number";

  cin >> u_input;

  if (u_input < 0)

    {

      tries++;

      cout << "Not a postive number, Try again !";

    }

}

   }

 return 0;

}

Explanation:

create a variable  cutoff of type integer for maximum allowed user inputs.

create a variable  tries of type integer for number of user inputs.

create a variable  u_input of type integer for user inputs.

create an infinite while loop with termination condition 0==0. Inside loop write an if statement where if tries==cutoff return 0 (to terminate program) else ask proceed to ask user for a positive integer number as input.After input check if input number is positive.If input number is positive terminate else increase tries variable value by one  ask user to input again

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by: nicholas