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  strstream();
  strstream( char* pch, int nLength, int nMode );
 
  Parameter   Description
 
  <pch>       A character array that is large enough to accommodate future
              output stream activity.
 
  <nLength>   The size (in characters) of <pch>. If 0, then <pch> is
              assumed to point to a null-terminated array; if less than 0,
              then the array is assumed to have infinite length.
 
  <nMode>     The stream creation mode. Must be one of the following
              enumerators as defined in class ios:
 
              Value      Meaning
 
              ios::in    Retrieval begins at the beginning of the array.
 
              ios::out   By default, storing begins at <pch>.
 
              ios::ate   The <pch> parameter is assumed to be a
                         null-terminated array; storing begins at the NULL
                         character.
 
              ios::app   Same as ios::ate.
 
              The use of the ios::in and ios::out flags is optional for
              this class; both input and output are implied.
 
  Remarks
 
  The first constructor makes an strstream object that uses an internal,
  dynamic buffer that is initially empty.
 
  The second constructor makes an strstream object out of the first
  <nLength> characters of the <psc> buffer. The stream will not accept
  characters once the length reaches <nLength>.
 
 
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