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  istream& seekg( streampos pos );
  istream& seekg( streamoff off, ios::seek_dir dir );
 
  Parameter   Description
 
  <pos>       The new position value; streampos is a typedef equivalent to
              long.
 
  <off>       The new offset value; streamoff is a typedef equivalent to
              long.
 
  <dir>       The seek direction. Must be one of the following
              enumerators:
 
              Value      Meaning
 
              ios::beg   Seek from the beginning of the stream.
 
              ios::cur   Seek from the current position in the stream.
 
              ios::end   Seek from the end of the stream.
 
  Remarks
 
  Changes the get pointer for the stream. Not all derived classes of
  istream need support positioning; it is most often used with file-based
  streams.
 
  See Also
 
  ◄istream::tellg►, ◄ostream::seekp►, ◄ostream::tellp►
 
 
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