Sets or returns the current flag settings.
fmtflags flags( ) const;
fmtflags flags(
fmtflags fmtfl
);
Parameters
- fmtfl
The new fmtflags setting.
Return Value
The previous or current fmtflags setting.
Remarks
See ios_base::fmtflags for a list of the flags.
The first member function returns the stored format flags. The second member function stores fmtfl in the format flags and returns its previous stored value.
Example
// ios_base_flags.cpp
// compile with: /EHsc
#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>
int main ( )
{
using namespace std;
cout << cout.flags( ) << endl;
cout.flags( ios::dec | ios::boolalpha );
cout << cout.flags( );
}
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Requirements
Header: <ios>
Namespace: std