The useful input/output manipulators are std::setbase, std::setw and std::setfill. These are defined in and are quite useful functions.
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std::base : Set basefield flag; Sets the base-field to one of its possible values: dec, hex or oct according to argument base.
Syntax :
std::setbase (int base); decimal : if base is 10 hexadcimal : if base is 16 octal : if base is 8 zero : if base is any other value.
Implementation : This code uses the std::setbase manipulator to set hexadecimal as the base field selective flag.
// CPP Program to illustrate
// std::setbase manipulator
#include <iostream>
#include <iomanip> // std::setbase
int
main()
{
// set base to hexadecimal
std::cout << std::setbase(16);
// displaying 255 in hexadecimal
std::cout << 255 << std::endl;
// set base to Octal
std::cout << std::setbase(8);
// displaying 255 in Octal
std::cout << 255 << std::endl;
return
0;
}
Output:
ff 377
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std::setw : Set field width; Sets the field width to be used on output operations. Behaves as if member width were called with n as argument on the stream on which it is inserted/extracted as a manipulator (it can be inserted/extracted on input streams or output streams).
Syntax :std::setw (int n); where n is Number of characters to be used as field width.
// CPP Program to illustrate
// std::setw manipulator
#include <iostream>
#include <iomanip> // std::setw
int
main()
{
// set width of 10
std::cout << std::setw(10);
std::cout << 100 << std::endl;
std::string str =
"GFG"
;
// set width of 12
std::cout << std::setw(12);
std::cout << str << std::endl;
return
0;
}
Output:
100 GFG
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Note: Here argument given to setw() is minimum width of the output, so if we have output with more width than argument’s value then output width will not be exactly the argument given to setw() but will be equal to the output size(i.e., the output will not get truncated). Default width of setw() is 0.
Example:
#include <iostream>
#include<iomanip>
#include<string>
using
std::cout;
using
std::string;
using
std::endl;
int
main() {
string temp=
"Hello setw"
;
cout<<std::setw(5)<<temp<<endl;
return
0;
}
Output:
Hello setw
std::setfill : Set fill character; Sets c as the stream’s fill character. Behaves as if member fill were called with c as argument on the stream on which it is inserted as a manipulator (it can be inserted on output streams).
Syntax :
std::setfill (char_type c); char_type is the type of characters used by the stream (i.e., its first class template parameter, charT).
Implementation :
// CPP Program to test std::setfill manipulator
#include <iostream>
#include <iomanip> // std::setfill, std::setw
int
main()
{
// setfill is x and width is set as 10
std::cout << std::setfill(
'x'
) << std::setw(10);
std::cout << 77 << std::endl;
std::string str =
"Geeks"
;
// setfill is G and width is set as 10
// And std::left is used set str to left side
std::cout << std::left << std::setfill(
'G'
) << std::setw(10);
std::cout << str << std::endl;
return
0;
}
Output:
xxxxxxxx77 GeeksGGGGG
Pattern using std::setw and std::fill :
// CPP Program to print // pattern using std::setw and std::fill #include <iostream> #include <iomanip> // std::setfill, std::setw int main() { int n = 5; for ( int i = 1; i <= n; i++) { std::cout << std::left << std::setfill( ' ' ) << std::setw(n); std::cout << std::string(i, '*' ) << std::endl; } } |
Output:
* ** *** **** *****
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