#include <iostream>
#include <limits>
 
using namespace std;
 
int main()
{
    double input = -1;
    bool valid= false;
    do
    {
        cout << "Enter a number: " << flush;
        cin >> input;
        if (cin.good())
        {
            //everything went well, we'll get out of the loop en return the value
            valid = true;
        }
        else
        {
            //something went wrong, we reset the buffer's state to good
            cin.clear();
            //and empty it
            cin.ignore(numeric_limits<streamsize>::max(),'\n');
            cout << "Invalid input; please re-enter." << endl;
        }
    } while (!valid);
}