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Input/output manipulators

Manipulators are helper functions that make it possible to control input/output streams using operator<< or operator>>.

The manipulators that are invoked without arguments (e.g. std::cout << std::boolalpha; or std::cin >> std::hex;) are implemented as functions that take a reference to a stream as their only argument. The special overloads of basic_ostream::operator<< and basic_istream::operator>> accept pointers to these functions. These functions (or instantiations of function templates) are the only addressable functions in the standard library.(since C++20)

The manipulators that are invoked with arguments (e.g. std::cout << std::setw(10);) are implemented as functions returning objects of unspecified type. These manipulators define their own operator<< or operator>> which perform the requested manipulation.

Defined in header
boolalphanoboolalpha switches between textual and numeric representation of booleans (function) [edit]
showbasenoshowbase controls whether prefix is used to indicate numeric base (function) [edit]
showpointnoshowpoint controls whether decimal point is always included in floating-point representation (function) [edit]
showposnoshowpos controls whether the + sign used with non-negative numbers (function) [edit]
skipwsnoskipws controls whether leading whitespace is skipped on input (function) [edit]
uppercasenouppercase controls whether uppercase characters are used with some output formats (function) [edit]
unitbufnounitbuf controls whether output is flushed after each operation (function) [edit]
internalleftright sets the placement of fill characters (function) [edit]
dechexoct changes the base used for integer I/O (function) [edit]
fixedscientifichexfloatdefaultfloat(C++11)(C++11) changes formatting used for floating-point I/O (function) [edit]
Defined in header
ws consumes whitespace (function template) [edit]
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ends outputs '\0' (function template) [edit]
flush flushes the output stream (function template) [edit]
endl outputs '\n' and flushes the output stream (function template) [edit]
emit_on_flushnoemit_on_flush(C++20) controls whether a stream's basic_syncbuf emits on flush (function template) [edit]
flush_emit(C++20) flushes a stream and emits the content if it is using a basic_syncbuf (function template) [edit]
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resetiosflags clears the specified ios_base flags (function) [edit]
setiosflags sets the specified ios_base flags (function) [edit]
setbase changes the base used for integer I/O (function) [edit]
setfill changes the fill character (function template) [edit]
setprecision changes floating-point precision (function) [edit]
setw changes the width of the next input/output field (function) [edit]
get_money(C++11) parses a monetary value (function template) [edit]
put_money(C++11) formats and outputs a monetary value (function template) [edit]
get_time(C++11) parses a date/time value of specified format (function template) [edit]
put_time(C++11) formats and outputs a date/time value according to the specified format (function template) [edit]
quoted(C++14) inserts and extracts quoted strings with embedded spaces (function template) [edit]