cpp input & output system basics

Managing Console I/O Operations
Chap 10
1By:-Gourav Kottawar

Contents
• 10.1 C++ Streams, C++ Stream Classes
• 10.2 Unformatted I/O Operation
• 10.3 Formatted I/O Operation
• 10.4 Managing Output with Manipulators

Managing Console I/O
Operations
• C++ uses the concept of stream and
stream classes to implement its I/O
operations with the console and disk
files.
• C++ support all of C’s rich set of I/O
functions.

C ++ Stream
• Stream is an interface supplied by the
I/O system of C++ between the
programmer and the actual device
being accessed.
• It will work with devices like
terminals, disks and tape drives.
• A stream is a sequence of bytes.
• It acts either as a source from which
the input data can be obtained or as a
destination to which the output data
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C ++ Stream
• Input Stream - The source stream that
provides data to the program.
• Output Stream - The destination stream
that receives output from the program.
continue…
Input device
Output device
Program
Input Stream
Output Stream
Extraction from
input stream
Insertion into
output stream

C ++ Stream
• The data in the input stream can
come from keyboard or any other
storage device.
• The data in the output stream can go to the
screen or any other storage device.
continue…
Input device
Output device
Program
Input Stream
Output Stream
Extraction from
input stream
Insertion into
output stream

C ++ Stream Classes
• The C++ I/O system contains a
hierarchy of classes that are used to
define various streams to deal with
both the console and disk files.
• These classes are called stream
classes.
• These classes are declared in the
header file iostream. 7By:-Gourav Kottawar

C ++ Stream Classes
ios
istream ostreamstreambuf
iostream
istream_withassign iostream_withassign ostream_withassign
continue…

C ++ Stream Classes
ios
istream ostreamstreambuf
iostream
istream_withassign iostream_withassign ostream_withassign
continue…
Provides the basic
support for formatted
and unformatted I/O
operations.
Provides the facilities
for formatted and
unformatted input
Provides the
facilities for
formatted output
Provides the facilities
for handling both input
and output streams.

Unformatted I/O Operations
Overloaded Operators >> and <<
• The objects cin and cout are used for input
and output of data of various types.
• By overloading the operators >> and <<.
• >> operator is overloaded in the istream
class.
• << operator is overloaded in the ostream
class.
• This is used for input data through
keyboard.

Overloaded Operators >> and <<
cin >> variable1 >> varibale2 ... >> variableN
where variable1, variable2, …, variableN are valid C+
+ variable names.
cout << item1 << item2 << … << itemN
Where item1, item2, …,itemN may be variables or
constants of an basic type.

put( ) and get( ) Functions
• get( ) and put( ) are member functions of
istream and ostream classes.
• For single character input/output
operations.
• There are two types of get( ) functions:
– get(char*)  Assigns the input character to its argument.
– get(void)  Returns the input character.
• char c; cin.get(c) c = cin.get( );
– put( )  used to output a line of text, character
by character.
• char c; cout.put(‘x’); cout.put(c);

#include<iostream.h>
int main()
{
int i =0;
char ch;
cout<<“n Enter data”;
cin.get(ch);
while(ch!=‘n’)
{
cout.put(ch);
i++;
cin.get(ch);
}
cout<<“n Number of characters =“<<I;
}

int main()
{
int i =0;
char ch;
cout<<“n Enter data :”;
cin.get(ch);
while(ch!=‘n’)
{
cout.put(ch);
i++;
cin.get(ch);
}
cout<<“n Number of characters =“<<I;
}
Output :
Enter data : Applying thought
Applying thoughts
Number of characters : 17

getline( ) and write( ) Functions
• getline( ) function reads a whole line of text
that ends with a newline character.
• cin.getline(line, size);
• Reading is terminated as soon as either the
newline character ‘n’ is encountered or
size-1 characters are read.
• write( ) function displays an entire line of
text.
• cout.write(line, size);
• write( ) also used to concatenate strings.

int size = 10;
int main()
{
char name[10];
cout<<“n Can I know u r name :”;
cin>>name;
cout<<“Name : “<<name;
cout<<“n Come again :”;
cin.getline(name,size);
cout<<“Name :- “<<name;
}

int main()
{
char *s1=“Object”;
char *s2=“Oriented”;
int a=strlen(s1); int b=strlen(s2);
for(int i=0;i<b;i++)
{
cout.write(s2,i);
cout<<“n”;
}
for(i=b;i>0;i--)
{
cout.write(s2,i);
cout<<“n”;
}
// concatenation
cout.write(s1,a).write(s2,b);
cout<<“n”;
cout.write(s1,10);
}

Formatted Console I/O
Operations
C++ supports a number of features that
could be used for formatting the output.
These features include:
–ios class functions and flags.
– Manipulators.
– User-defined output functions.

ios member functions
width( )  to specify the required field size for
displaying an output value.
precision( )  to specify the number of digits to be
displayed after the decimal point of a float value.
fill( )  to specify a character that is used to fill the
unused portion of a field.
setf( )  to specify format flags that can control the
form of output display.
unsetf( )  to clear the flags specified.

int main()
{
int a[4] = {1,2,3,4};
int c[4]={10,20,30,40};
cout.width(5);
cout<<“Items “;
cout.width(8);
cout<<“Cost”;
cout.width(15);
cout<“Total “;
int sum=0;
for(i=0;i<4;i++)
{
cout.width(5);
cout<<a[i];
cout.width(8);
cout<<c[i];
int val=a[i]*c[i];
cout.width(15);
cout<<value<<endl;
sum=sum+val;
}
cout<<“n Grand Total “;
cout.width(2);
cout<<sum<<“n”;
}

int main()
{
int i[4] = {1,2,3,4};
int c[4]={10,20,30,40};
cout.width(5);
cout<<“Items “;
cout.width(8);
cout<<“Cost”;
cout.width(15);
cout<“Total “;
int sum=0;
for(i=0;i<4;i++)
{
cout.width(5);
cout<<i[i];
cout.width(8);
cout<<c[i];
int val=i[i]*c[i];
cout.width(15);
cout<value>endl;
sum=sum+val;
}
cout<<“n Grand Total “;
cout.width(2);
cout<<sum<<“n”;
}
Output :
Items Cost Total
110 10
220 40
330 90
440 160
Grand total = 300

#include<math.h>
int main()
{
cout.precision(3); // 3 digit precision
cout.width(10);
cout<<“value”;
cout.width(15);
cout<<“Sqrt of value “<<“n;
for(int i=1;i<=5;i++)
{
cout.width(8);
cout<<“n”;
cout.width(13);
cout<<sqrt(i);
cout<<“n”;
cout.precision(5); // 5 digits precision
cout<<“Sqrt(10) = “<<sqrt(10)<<“n”;
cout.precision(0); // default setting
cout<<“Sqrt(10) =“ << sqrt(10) “ (default setting)n”;
}
}

Manipulators
Manipulators are special functions that can
be included in the I/O statement to alter
the format parameters of a stream.
To access manipulators, the file iomanip.h
should be included in the program.
– setw( )
– setprecision( )
– setfill( )
– setiosflags( )
– resetiosflags( )

width( )  Defining Field Width
To define the width of a field necessary for
the output of an item.
Since it is a member function, we have to use
an object to invoke it.
cout.width(w)
Where w is the field width (number of
columns).
The output will be printed in a field of w
characters wide at the right end of the field.

width( )  Defining Field Width
The width( ) function can specify the
field width for only one item – item
that follows immediately.
cout.width(5);
cout << 543 << 12 <<“n”;
cout.width(5);
cout << 543;
cout.width(5);
cout << 12 << “n”;
5 4 3 1 2
5 4 3 1 2
The field should be specified
for each item separately.

precision( )  Setting Precision
• Used to specify the number of digits to be
displayed after the decimal point while printing the
floating-point numbers.
• By default, the floating numbers are printed with six
digits after the decimal point.
• cout.precision(d);
– Where d is the number of digits to the right of the decimal
point.
cout.precision(3);
cout << sqrt(2) << endl;
cout << 3.14159 << endl;
cout <<2.50032 << endl;
1.141  truncated
3.142  rounded
2.5 o trailing zeros

precision( )  Setting Precision
• Unlike width( ), precision ( ) retains the setting
in effect until it is reset.
• We can also combine the field specification
with the precision setting.
cout.precision(2);
cout.width(5);
cout << 1.2345;
1 . 2 3

fill( )  Filling and Padding
• When printing values with larger field width
than required by the values, the unused
positions of the field are filled with white
spaces, by default.
• fill( ) function can be used to fill the unused
positions by any desired character.
cout.fill(ch);
where ch represents the character which is
used for filling the unused positions.
cout.fill(‘ * ’);
cout.wdith(10);
cout << 5250 << endl;
* * * * * 5 05 2*
Like precision( ), fill( ) stays
in effect till we change it.

setf( )  Formatting Flags, Bit-
fields
• When the function width( ) is used, the value
will be printed right-justified in the created
width.
• setf( )function is used to print values in left-
justified.
• cout.setf(arg1, arg2)
eg:
cout.setf(ios :: left, ios :: adjustfield);
cout.wdith(10);
cout << “TABLE 1” << endl;
T A B L E * *1 *
arg1 is formatting flags
defined in the class ios and
arg2 is bit field constant in
the ios class.

setf( )  Formatting Flags,
Bit-fields
• When the function width( ) is used, the value
will be printed right-justified in the created
width.
• setf( )function is used to print values in left-
justified.
• cout.setf(arg1, arg2)
eg:
cout.setf(ios :: left, ios :: adjustfield);
cout.wdith(10);
cout << “TABLE 1” << endl;
T A B L E * *1 *
arg1 is formatting flags
defined in the class ios and
arg2 is bit field constant in
the ios class.
The formatting flag
specifies the format action
required for the output.
Bit field specifies the
group to which the
formatting flag belongs.

Managing Output with Manipulators
• The header file iomanip provides a set of
functions called manipulators which can be
used to manipulate the output formats.
• Some manipulators are more convenient to
use than the member functions and flags of
ios.
• Two or more manipulators can be used as a
chain in one statement.
cout << manip1 << manip2 << maip3 << item;
cout << manip1 << item1 << manip2 << item2;

Managing Output with Manipulators
• Manipulators and their meanings
cout << setw(5) << setprecision(2) << 1.2345
<< setw(10) << setprecision(4) << sqrt(2);
• We can jointly use the manipulators and the ios
functions in a program.
Manipulators Meaning Equivalent
setw(int w) Set the field width to w width( )
setprecision(int d) Set floating point precision to d precision( )
setfill( int c) Set the fill character to c fill( )

Manipulators & ios Member
Functions
• The ios member function return the previous
format state which can be used later.
• But the manipulator does not return the
previous format state.
cout.precision(2); // previous state.
int p =cout.precision(4); // current state, p=2.
cout.precision(p); // change to previous state

Designing Our Own Manipulators
• We can design our own manipulators for
certain special purposes.
ostream & manipulator ( ostream & output)
{
……… (code)
return output;
}
ostream & unit (ostream & output)
{
output << “inches”;
return output;
}
cout << 36 << unit;  will produce “36 inches”.

Designing Our Own Manipulators
We can also create manipulators that could
represent a sequence of operations:
ostream & show (ostream & output)
{
output.setf(ios::showpoint);
output.setf(ios::showpos);
output << setw(10);
return output;
}
This function defines a manipulator called show that turns
on the flags showpoint and showpos declared in the class
ios and sets the field width to 10.

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