C++ How to Program, Ninth Edition

13. Stream Input/Output: A Deeper Look

Consciousness ... does not appear to itself chopped up in bits ... A “river” or a “stream” are the metaphors by which it is most naturally described.

—William James

Objectives

In this chapter you’ll learn:

• To use C++ object-oriented stream input/output.

• To format input and output.

• The stream-I/O class hierarchy.

• To use stream manipulators.

• To control justification and padding.

• To determine the success or failure of input/output operations.

• To tie output streams to input streams.

Outline

13.1 Introduction

13.2 Streams

13.2.1 Classic Streams vs. Standard Streams

13.2.2 iostream Library Headers

13.2.3 Stream Input/Output Classes and Objects

13.3 Stream Output

13.3.1 Output of char * Variables ...