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C++ iostream Library (Standard Input / Output Streams)

C++ iostream objects

The <iostream> library provides objects which can read user input and output data to the console or to a file.

A list of all iostream objects can be found in the table below.

ObjectDescription
cerrAn output stream for error messages
clogAn output stream to log program information
cinAn input stream that reads keyboard input from the console by default
coutAn output stream which writes output to the console by default
wcerrThe same as cerr but outputs wide char ( wchar_t ) data rather than char data
wclogThe same as clog but outputs wide char ( wchar_t ) data rather than char data
wcinThe same as cin but interprets each input character as a wide char ( wchar_t )
wcoutThe same as cout but outputs wide char ( wchar_t ) data rather than char data

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