This document discusses C++ stream classes and file input/output. It covers the key stream classes like istream, ostream and iostream. It describes how to use stream manipulators and member functions to format console I/O. It also covers file streams like ifstream, ofstream and fstream for reading from and writing to files. Functions like open(), get(), put(), read(), write() are described for file I/O operations. Common file I/O tasks like displaying, modifying and deleting file contents are mentioned.

1. M.SUJITHA,M.SC.,
N.S College, Theni.

2. C++ STREAM CLASSES

3. Ios:
It contains basic facilities that are used by all other
input and output classes.
Istream:
It inherites the properties of ios and it declares input
functions such as get(),getline() and read().
Ostream:
It inherites the properties of ios and it declares
output functions such as put() and write().
Iostream:
It inherites the properties of ios stream and ostream.
Streambuf:
It provides an interface to physical devices through
buffers.

4. The features that supports to format the console
I/O operations are:
◦ Ios class functions and flags
◦ Manipulators
◦ User-defined output functions
IOS CLASS FUNCTIONS AND FLAGS:
It consists of large number of member functions
that is used to format the output in number of ways.

5.  MANIPULATORS:
These are the special functions that are
included in the I/O statements to format the
parameters of a stream.
 DEFINING FIELD WIDTH:
◦ It is used to define the width of the field.
◦ Can be defined using width();
SETTING PRECISION:
It is used to specify the to be displayed after the
decimal point.
FILLING AND PADDING:
 It is used to print the values using the larger field
widths.
 It can be declared by,
cout.fill();

6. #include <iostream>
using namespace std;
int main()
{
int item[4] ={ 10,8,12,15};
int cost[4]={75,100,60,99};
cout.width(5);
cout<<”Items”;
cout.width(8);
cout<<”Cost”;

7. cout.width(15);
cout<<”Total Value”<<”n”;
int sum=0;
for(int i=0;i<4 ;i++)
{
cout.width(5);
cout<<items[i];
cout.width(8);
cout<<cost[i];
int value = items[i] * cost[i];
cout.width(15);

8. cout<<value<<”n”;
sum= sum + value;
}
cout<<”n Grand total = “;
cout.width(2);
cout<<sum<<”n”;
return 0;
}

9. OUTPUT:
ITEMS COST TOTAL VALUE
10 75 750
8 100 800
12 60 720
15 99 1485
Grand total =3755

10. It is used for defining the input and output in
various forms.
Overloaded Operators >> and <<:
• It is used to give the I/O
• The >> is overloaded in istream class
• The << is overloaded in ostream class
Ex:
cin>>item1>>item2;

11. put() and get() Functions:
◦ It is used for the input and output .
◦ Put(c) is used to give the input
◦ Get(c) is used to get the output
EXAMPLE:
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
int main()
{
int count=0;
char c;
cout<<”INPUT TEXT n”;
cin.get( c );
while ( c 1=’n’ )

12. while ( c 1=’n’ )
{
cout.put( c);
count++;
cin.get( c );
}
cout<< “n Number of characters =” <<count <<”n”;
return 0;
}
OUTPUT:
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Number of characters=27

13. Getline() and write() Functions:
• The getline() function reads a whole line of the
text and ends with a newline character.
• This function can be invoked by,
cin.getline (line,size);
• The writeline() function reads a whole line of the
text and displays an entire line.
• This function can be invoked by,
cout.write (line,size);

14. EXAMPLE:
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
int main()
{
int size=20;
char city[20];
cout<<”enter city name:n “;
cin>>city;
cout<<”city name:”<<city<<”nn”;
cout<<”enter city name again: n”;
cin.getline(city,size);

15. cout<<”city name now:”<<city<<”nn”;
cout<<”enter another city name: n”;
cin.getline(city,size);
cout <<”New city name:”<<city<<”nn’;
return 0;
}

16. OUTPUT:
first run
Enter city name:
Delhi
Enter city name again:
City name now:
Enter another city name:
Chennai
New city name:
Chennai

17.  The header file iomanip provides a set of functions
called manipulators which can be used to manipulate
the output formats.
 They provide the same features as that of the ios
member function and flag.
 Two or more manipulators can be,
Cout<<manip1<<manip1<<manip<<item;
Cout<<manip1<<item1<<manip2<<item2;

18. #include<iostream>
#include<iomanip>
using namespace std;
int main()
{
cout.setf(ios::showpoint);
cout<<setw(5)<<”n”<<setw(15)<<”inverse of
n”<<setw(15)<<”sum of terms”;
double term,sum=0;
for (int n=1;n<=10;n++)

19. {
term=1.0/float(n);
sum=sum + term;
cout<<setw(5)<<n<<setw(14)<<setprecision(4)<<setiosflags(ios::ss
scientific)<<term<<setw(13)<<resetioflags(ios::scientific<<sum<
<endl;
}
return 0;
}

20.  The large amount of Data can be handled using some
devices such as floppy disk or hard disk to store those
datas.
 These datas are stored in these devices called FILES.
 The Programs can be designed to perform the read and
write operations on those files.
 Kinds of Data Communication:
◦ Data Transfer between the console unit and the
program.
◦ Data Transfer between the program and a Diskfile.

22. FILEBUF:
It is used to set the file buffers to read and write.
FSTREAMBASE:
It provides operations common to the file streams.
IFSTREAM:
It provides input operations.
OFSTREAM:
It provides output operations.
FSTREAM:
It provides support for both input and output
operations.

23.  The I/O system contains a set of classes that define
the file handling methods.
 These includes ifstream, ofstream and fstream.
 These classes are derived from fstreambase and from
the corresponding iostream class.
 These classes are designed to manage the Disk files,
which are declared in fstream and we should include
any program in these files.

24.  A file stream can be declared using the classes
ifstream, ofstream and fstream that are contained in
the Header file fstream.
 A file can be Opened into two ways:
Using the Constructor function of the class
Using the Member function open() of the class
OPENING FILES USING Open():
 The function open() can be used to open multiple
files that use the same stream object.
file-stream-class stream-object;
stream-object.open (“file name”);

25. #include<iostream.h>
#include<fstream.h>
int main()
{
ofstream fout;
fout.open(“Country names”);
fout<<“Uniited States Of American”;
fout<<“United Kingdomn”;
fout.close();
return 0;

26. }
OUTPUT:
Country names
United States Of America
United Kingdom

27. This condition is necessary for preventing data
from the file. This condition is
MORE ABOUT OPEN( ): FILE MODES
• The ifstream and ofstream is used to create
the new files.
• The function open( ) is used to open a new
stream.
object. open(“file name”,mode);

28. Each file has two associated pointers known
as File pointers.
DEFAULT ACTIONS:
When we open a file in read-only-mode
,these input pointer is automatically set at the
beginning.
FUNCTIONS FOR MANIPULATION OF FILE POINTERS:
 seekg()-Moves a pointer to specified location
 seekp()-Moves put pointer to a specified location
 tellg()-Gives the current position of the get pointer
 tellp()-Gives the current position of the put pointer

29. It supports a number of member function for
performing the input/output operations on files.
Put() and get() Functions:
◦ It is used to handle single character at a time.
◦ The function put() writes a single character to the
associated stream.
◦ The function get() reads a single character to the
associated stream.
Write() and read() Functions:
It is used to read and write the blocks in the binary
data.

30.  It is used to maintain the routine task in the data file.
 The updation can be done in:
◦ Displaying the contents of a file
◦ Modifying an existing item
◦ Adding a new file
◦ Deleting an existing file

31.  The reading and writing files may not be true
always.
◦ A file which we are attempting to open for reading
does not exist.
◦ The file name used for a new file may already exist.
◦ We may use an invalid file name.
◦ There may not be any space in the disk for storing
more data.
◦ We may attempt to perform an operation when the
file is not opened for that purpose.

32.  This feature facilities the supply of arguments to the
main() function.
 These arguments are supplied at the time of invoking
the program.
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◦ Exam is the name of the file containing the program
to be executed ,data and results are the filenames
passed to the program as command-line arguments.

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