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──The Microsoft iostream Classes────────────────────────────────────────────
 
  long flags( long lFlags );
  long flags() const;
 
  Parameter   Description
 
  <lFlags>    The new format flag values for the stream. The values are
              specified by the following bit masks (ios enumerators) that
              can be combined using the bitwise-OR (|) operator:
 
              Value             Meaning
 
              ios::skipws       Skip white space on input.
 
              ios::left         Left-align values; pad on the right with
                                the fill character.
 
              ios::right        Right-align values; pad on the left with
                                the fill character (default alignment).
 
              ios::internal     Add fill characters after any leading sign
                                or base indication, but before the value.
 
              ios::dec          Format numeric values as base 10 (decimal)
                                (default radix).
 
              ios::oct          Format numeric values as base 8 (octal).
 
              ios::hex          Format numeric values as base 16
                                (hexadecimal).
 
              ios::showbase     Display numeric constants in a format that
                                can be read by the C++ compiler.
 
              ios::showpoint    Show decimal point and trailing zeros for
                                floating-point values.
 
              ios::uppercase    Display uppercase A through F for
                                hexadecimal values and E for scientific
                                values.
 
              ios::showpos      Show plus signs (+) for positive values.
 
              ios::scientific   Display floating-point numbers in
                                scientific format.
 
              ios::fixed        Display floating-point numbers in fixed
                                format.
 
              ios::unitbuf      Cause ostream::osfx to flush the stream
                                after each insertion. By default, cerr is
                                unit buffered.
 
              ios::stdio        Cause ostream::osfx to flush stdout and
                                stderr after each insertion.
 
  Remarks
 
  The first overloaded flags function sets the stream's internal flags
  variable to <lFlags> and returns the previous value.
 
  The second function returns the stream's current flags.
 
  See Also
 
  ◄ios::setf►, ◄ios::unsetf►, ◄ios setiosflags manipulator►,
  ◄ios resetiosflags manipulator►, ◄ios::adjustfield►, ◄ios::basefield►,
  ◄ios::floatfield►
 
 
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