Input/output manipulators

 

C++

Language

Standard library headers

Concepts

Utilities library

Strings library

Containers library

Algorithms library

Iterators library

Numerics library

Input/output library

Localizations library

Regular expressions library (C++11)

Atomic operations library (C++11)

Thread support library (C++11)

 

Input/output library

I/O manipulators

C-style I/O

Buffers

basic_streambuf

basic_filebuf

basic_stringbuf

strstreambuf (deprecated)

Streams

Abstractions

ios_base

basic_ios

basic_istream

basic_ostream

basic_iostream

File I/O

basic_ifstream

basic_ofstream

basic_fstream

String I/O

basic_istringstream

basic_ostringstream

basic_stringstream

Array I/O

istrstream (deprecated)

ostrstream (deprecated)

strstream (deprecated)

Types

streamoff

streamsize

fpos

Error category interface

iostream_category (C++11)

io_errc (C++11)

 

Input/output manipulators

Floating-point formatting
showpoint noshowpoint setprecision	fixed scientific hexfloat defaultfloat (C++11) (C++11)
Integer formatting
setbase showbase noshowbase	dec hex oct
Boolean formatting
boolalpha noboolalpha
Field width and fill control
setfill setw	internal left right
Other formatting
showpos noshowpos	uppercase nouppercase
Whitespace processing
ws ends	skipws noskipws
Output flushing
flush endl	unitbuf nounitbuf
Status flags manipulation
resetiosflags	setiosflags
Time and money I/O
get_money (C++11) get_time (C++11)	put_money (C++11) put_time (C++11)

 

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.

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 <ios>
boolalpha noboolalpha	switches between textual and numeric representation of booleans (function)
showbase noshowbase	controls whether prefix is used to indicate numeric base (function)
showpoint noshowpoint	controls whether decimal point is always included in floating-point representation (function)
showpos noshowpos	controls whether the + sign used with non-negative numbers (function)
skipws noskipws	controls whether leading whitespace is skipped on input (function)
uppercase nouppercase	controls whether uppercase characters are used with some output formats (function)
unitbuf nounitbuf	controls whether output is flushed after each operation (function)
internal left right	sets the placement of fill characters (function)
dec hex oct	changes the base used for integer I/O (function)
fixed scientific hexfloat defaultfloat (C++11) (C++11)	changes formatting used for floating-point I/O (function)
Defined in header <istream>
ws	consumes whitespace (function template)
Defined in header <ostream>
ends	outputs '\0' (function template)
flush	flushes the output stream (function template)
endl	outputs '\n' and flushes the output stream (function template)
Defined in header <iomanip>
resetiosflags	clears the specified ios_base flags (function)
setiosflags	sets the specified ios_base flags (function)
setbase	changes the base used for integer I/O (function)
setfill	changes the fill character (function template)
setprecision	changes floating-point precision (function)
setw	changes the width of the next input/output field (function)
get_money (C++11)	parses a monetary value (function template)
put_money (C++11)	formats and outputs a monetary value (function template)
get_time (C++11)	parses a date/time value of specified format (function template)
put_time (C++11)	formats and outputs a date/time value according to the specified format (function template)