| I/O manipulators | ||||
| Print functions(C++23) | ||||
| C-style I/O | ||||
| Buffers | ||||
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(C++98/26*) | ||||
(C++20) | ||||
| Streams | ||||
| Abstractions | ||||
ios_base | ||||
| File I/O | ||||
| String I/O | ||||
| Array I/O | ||||
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(C++23) | ||||
(C++23) | ||||
(C++98/26*) | ||||
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(C++98/26*) | ||||
| Synchronized Output | ||||
(C++20) | ||||
| Types | ||||
| Error category interface | ||||
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| Member functions | ||||
| Formatting | ||||
| Locales | ||||
| Internal extensible array | ||||
| Miscellaneous | ||||
| Member classes | ||||
| Member types | ||||
Defined in header <ios> | ||
class ios_base; | ||
The classios_base is a multipurpose class that serves as the base class for all I/O stream classes. It maintains several kinds of data:
Typical implementation holds member constants corresponding to all values offmtflags,iostate,openmode, andseekdir shown below, member variables to maintain current precision, width, and formatting flags, the exception mask, the buffer error state, a resizeable container holding the callbacks, the currently imbued locale, the private storage, and a static integer variable forxalloc().
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| constructs the object (protected member function)[edit] | |
[virtual] | destructs the object (virtual public member function)[edit] |
| assigns to the stream (public member function)[edit] | |
Formatting | |
| manages format flags (public member function)[edit] | |
| sets specific format flag (public member function)[edit] | |
| clears specific format flag (public member function)[edit] | |
| manages decimal precision of floating point operations (public member function)[edit] | |
| manages field width (public member function)[edit] | |
Locales | |
| sets locale (public member function)[edit] | |
| returns current locale (public member function)[edit] | |
Internal extensible array | |
[static] | returns a program-wide unique integer that is safe to use as index topword() andiword() (public static member function)[edit] |
| resizes the private storage if necessary and access to thelong element at the given index (public member function)[edit] | |
| resizes the private storage if necessary and access to thevoid* element at the given index (public member function)[edit] | |
Miscellaneous | |
| registers event callback function (public member function)[edit] | |
[static] | sets whether C++ and C I/O libraries are interoperable (public static member function)[edit] |
Member classes | |
| stream exception (public member class)[edit] | |
| initializes standard stream objects (public member class)[edit] | |
Member types and constants | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| stream open mode type The following constants are also defined:
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| formatting flags type The following constants are also defined:
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| state of the stream type The following constants are also defined:
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| seeking direction type The following constants are also defined:
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| specifies event type (enum)[edit] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| callback function type (typedef)[edit] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The following behavior-changing defect reports were applied retroactively to previously published C++ standards.
| DR | Applied to | Behavior as published | Correct behavior |
|---|---|---|---|
| LWG 1357 (N3110) | C++98 | std::ios_base definedoperator~,operator&andoperator| for types openmode,fmtflags andiostate, violating the requirements ofBitmaskType[1] | removed these definitions |
| manages an arbitrary stream buffer (class template)[edit] |