APPENDIX D: FLAGS AND MANIPULATORS
Table D.1 summarizes various manipulators. It may be recalled that to use parameterized manipulators, we have to include file “iomanip.h”.
Table D.1 Manipulators from TURBO C++ 3.0
| Manipulator | Purpose/what it does |
|---|---|
| dec | Converts to decimal |
| oct | Converts to octal |
| hex | Converts to hex |
| endl | Inserts newline and flushes the output stream |
| ends | Inserts null character to terminate and output string |
| Flush | Flushes the output stream |
| setw(int n) | Changes the field width for output to n |
| setfill(char n) | Changes the fill character to n( default character is space) |
| setprecision(int n) | Changes the precision to n places after the decimal point |
| setbase( base n) | Output sets the base to 8,10 or 16 |
| setiosflags ... |
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