When used in an expressionout<< setfill(c) sets the fill character of the streamout toc.

[edit]Parameters

[edit]Return value

An object of unspecified type such that

• ifout is an object of typestd::basic_ostream<CharT, Traits>, the expressionout<< setfill(c)
  • has typestd::basic_ostream<CharT, Traits>&
  • has valueout
  • behaves as if it calledf(out, c)

where the functionf is defined as:

template<class CharT,class Traits>void f(std::basic_ios<CharT, Traits>& str, CharT c){// set fill character    str.fill(c);}

[edit]Notes

The current fill character may be obtained withstd::ostream::fill.

[edit]Example

#include <iomanip>#include <iostream> int main(){std::cout<<"default fill: ["<<std::setw(10)<<42<<"]\n"<<"setfill('*'): ["<< std::setfill('*')<<std::setw(10)<<42<<"]\n";}

default fill: [        42]setfill('*'): [********42]

[edit]Defect reports

The following behavior-changing defect reports were applied retroactively to previously published C++ standards.

[edit]See also

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