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Usage of Standard Manipulator

Usage of Standard Manipulator

Learn about the usage of standard manipulators in C++.

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Problem

Write a program using manipulators to produce similar output as in this lesson.

Coding solution

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// Standard manipulators usage
#include <iostream>
#include <iomanip>
int main( )
{
int i = 52 ;
float a = 425.0 ;
float b = 123.500328f ;
char str[ ] = "Dream. Then make it happen!" ;
std :: cout << setiosflags ( std :: ios ::unitbuf | std :: ios ::showpos ) ;
std :: cout << i << std :: endl ;
std :: cout << setiosflags ( std :: ios ::showbase | std :: ios ::uppercase ) ;
std :: cout << std :: hex << i << std :: endl ;
std :: cout << std :: oct << i << std :: endl ;
std :: cout << std :: setfill ( '0' ) ;
std :: cout << "Fill character:" << std :: cout.fill( ) << std :: endl ;
std :: cout << std :: dec << std :: setw ( 10 ) << i << std :: endl ;
std :: cout << std :: setiosflags ( std :: ios ::left )
<< std :: dec << std :: setw ( 10 ) << i << std :: endl ;
std :: cout << std :: setiosflags ( std :: ios ::internal )
<< std :: dec << std :: setw ( 10 ) << i << std :: endl ;
std :: cout << i << std :: endl ;
std :: cout << std :: setw ( 10 ) << str << std :: endl ;
std :: cout << std :: setw ( 40 ) << str << std :: endl ;
std :: cout << std :: setiosflags ( std :: ios ::left ) << std :: setw ( 40 ) << str << std :: endl ;
std :: cout.precision ( 6 ) ;
std :: cout << "Precision: " << std :: cout.precision( ) ;
std :: cout << std :: setiosflags ( std :: ios ::showpoint ) << std :: resetiosflags ( std :: ios ::showpos )
<< std :: endl << a ;
std :: cout << std :: resetiosflags ( std :: ios ::showpoint )
<< std :: endl << a ;
std :: cout << std :: setiosflags ( std :: ios ::fixed ) << std :: endl << b ;
std :: cout << std :: resetiosflags ( std :: ios ::showpoint | std :: ios ::unitbuf ) <<std :: endl ;
return 0 ;
}

Explanation

Calling the member functions of the ios class to set the formatting data of the stream is a little tedious. The actions of these functions can be more easily (and cleanly) duplicated using manipulators. When we use manipulators, the formatting ...

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