Input Validation - valid.cpp

#ifndef _GLIBCXX_IOSTREAM
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
#endif
void intvalid (int* data) {  //For ints
while(cin.fail()) { //Input validation loop
   cin.clear();  //Clear flags
   cin.ignore(255,'\n');  //Clear input buffer
   cout<<"Invalid Input - Please input a number:";
   cin>>(*data);
   }
}

void flvalid (float* data) {  //For floats
while(cin.fail()) { //Input validation loop
   cin.clear();  //Clear flags
   cin.ignore(255,'\n');  //Clear input buffer
   cout<<"Invalid Input - Please input a number:";
   cin>>(*data);
   }
}