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State of the Stream

State of the Stream

Are there tools we can use in C++ which allow us to check the current condition of the stream? Flags answer this question.

Flags represent the state of the stream stream. The methods for dealing with these flags need the header <iostream>. Flags representing the state of a stream are:

Flag Query of the flag Description
std::ios::goodbit stream.good() No bit set
std::ios::eofbit
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