C Streams

Lecture No.
7, 8
Southern Technical University Programming in C ++ course code CST100
Technical Institute / Qurna 0 lecturer: Israa Mahmood Hayder
Formatted Input and output functions

Learn: What are the console input, output related methods, operations in
C++? In this topic we learn how to use input / output operations in C++
language.
Submitted by Amit Shukla, on June 17, 2017
Console input / output function take input from standard input devices and
compute and give output to standard output device.
Generally, keyboard is standard input device and monitor is standard output

device.
In case of C++ it uses streams to perform input and output operations in

standard input output devices (keyboard and monitor). A stream is an
object which can either insert or extract the character from it.
The standard C++ library is iostream and standard input / output functions in
C++ are:
1. cin
2. cout
There are mainly two types of consol I/O operations form:
1. Unformatted consol input output

2. Formatted consol input output
1) Unformatted consol input output operations

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These input / output operations are in unformatted mode. The following are
operations of unformatted consol input / output operations:
A) void get()
It is a method of cin object used to input a single character from keyboard. But
its main property is that it allows wide spaces and newline character.
Syntax:
char c=cin.get();
Example:
#include<iostream>
using namespace std;
int main()
{
char c=cin.get();
cout<<c<<endl;
return 0;
}
Output
I
I
B) void put()
It is a method of cout object and it is used to print the specified character on the
screen or monitor.
Syntax:
cout.put(variable / character);
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Example:
#include<iostream>
int main()
{
char c=cin.get();
cout.put(c); //Here it prints the value of variable c;
cout.put('c'); //Here it prints the character 'c';
return 0;
}
Output
I
Ic
C) getline(char *buffer,int size)

This is a method of cin object and it is used to input a string with multiple
spaces.
Syntax:
char x[30];
cin.getline(x,30);
Example:
#include<iostream>
int main()
{
cout<<"Enter name :";
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char c[10];
cin.getline(c,10); //It takes 10 charcters as input;
cout<<c<<endl;
return 0;
}
Output
Enter name :Divyanshu
Divyanshu
D) write(char * buffer, int n)

It is a method of cout object. This method is used to read n character from buffer
variable.
Syntax:
cout.write(x,2);
Example:
#include<iostream>
int main()
{
cout<<"Enter name : ";
char c[10];
cin.getline(c,10); //It takes 10 charcters as input;
cout.write(c,9); //It reads only 9 character from
buffer c;
return 0;
}
Output
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Enter name : Divyanshux

Divyanshu
E) cin
It is the method to take input any variable / character / string.
Syntax:
cin>>variable / character / String / ;
Example:
#include<iostream>
int main()
{
int num;
char ch;
string str;
cout<<"Enter Number"<<endl;
cin>>num; //Inputs a variable;
cout<<"Enter Character"<<endl;
cin>>ch; //Inputs a character;
cout<<"Enter String"<<endl;
cin>>str; //Inputs a string;
return 0;
}
Output
Enter Number
07
Enter Character
h
Enter String
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Deepak
F) cout
This method is used to print variable / string / character.
Syntax:
cout<< variable / charcter / string;
Example:
#include<iostream>
int main()
{
int num=100;
char ch='X';
string str="Deepak";
cout<<"Number is "<<num<<endl; //Prints value of

variable;
cout<<"Character is "<<ch<<endl; //Prints character;
cout<<"String is "<<str<<endl; //Prints string;
return 0;
}
Output
Number is 100
Character is X
String is Deepak
2) Formatted console input output operations

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In formatted console input output operations we uses following functions to

make output in perfect alignment. In industrial programming all the output
should be perfectly formatted due to this reason C++ provides many function to
convert any file into perfect aligned format. These functions are available in
header file <iomanip>. iomanip refers input output manipulations.
A) width(n)
This function is used to set width of the output.
Syntax:
cout<<setw(int n);
Example:
#include<iostream>
#include<iomanip>
int main()
{
int x=10;
cout<<setw(20)<<variable;
return 0;
}
Output
10
B) fill(char)
This function is used to fill specified character at unused space.
Syntax:
cout<<setfill('character')<<variable;
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Example:
#include<iostream>
#include<iomanip>
int main()
{
int x=10;
cout<<setw(20);
cout<<setfill('#')<<x;
return 0;
}
Output
##################10
D) precison(n)
This method is used for setting floating point of the output.
Syntax:
cout<<setprecision('int n')<<variable;
Example:
#include<iostream>
#include<iomanip>
int main()
{
float x=10.12345;
cout<<setprecision(5)<<x;
return 0;
}
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Output
10.123
E) setflag(arg 1, arg,2)
This function is used for setting format flags for output.
Syntax:
setiosflags(argument 1, argument 2);
F) unsetflag(arg 2)
This function is used to reset set flags for output.
Syntax:
resetiosflags(argument 2);
G) setbase(arg)
This function is used to set basefield of the flag.
Syntax:
setbase(argument);

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Lecture No.

Formatted Input and output functions

Generally, keyboard is standard input device and monitor is standard output

In case of C++ it uses streams to perform input and output operations in

There are mainly two types of consol I/O operations form:

1. Unformatted consol input output

1) Unformatted consol input output operations

C) getline(char *buffer,int size)

D) write(char * buffer, int n)

Enter name : Divyanshux

cin>>variable / character / String / ;

cout<< variable / charcter / string;

cout<<"Number is "<<num<<endl; //Prints value of

2) Formatted console input output operations

In formatted console input output operations we uses following functions to

setiosflags(argument 1, argument 2);

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