Looking for a way to make a loop that rejects an input with any other hour format other than the one specified

Question

Im having trouble creating a code on C that after letting the user input a date it determines if the date is in a valid 24 hour format, any help would be greatly appreciated. Here's my code.

#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <ctype.h>
#include <stdbool.h>

bool format_correct(char format[]);
int looper;
char hour[] = "11:11";

int main()
{
while (looper == 1);{

printf("insert time in format HH:MM\n");
scanf("%s", &hour);
  
  if ((hour < 25) && format_correct(hour)){
    printf("%s is a correct hour",hour);
    looper ++;
    }
  else   
    printf("incorrect format, introduce time in format HH:MM \n");
   
    
  return 0;
  }  
}

bool format_correct(char format[])
{
  if (strlen(format) != 5) return false;
  if (!isdigit(format[0])) return false;
  if (!isdigit(format[1])) return false;
  if (format[2] != ":") return false;
  if (!isdigit(format[3])) return false;
  if (!isdigit(format[4])) return false;


}

Answer 1

pseudocode:

good = 0;   // 0 evaluates to false, any other number to true
do{
   ask for input
   good = check input
} while (!good)

Wrap that around your existing code and it should repeat as needed.

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