std::dec, std::hex, std::oct

 

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Floating-point formatting
showpointnoshowpoint setprecision	fixedscientifichexfloatdefaultfloat (C++11)(C++11)
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setbase showbasenoshowbase	dechexoct
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boolalphanoboolalpha
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showposnoshowpos	uppercasenouppercase
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resetiosflags	setiosflags
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get_money (C++11) get_time (C++11)	put_money (C++11) put_time (C++11)
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quoted (C++14)

 

Defined in header <ios>
std::ios_base& dec( std::ios_base& str );	(1)
std::ios_base& hex( std::ios_base& str );	(2)
std::ios_base& oct( std::ios_base& str );	(3)

Modifies the default numeric base for integer I/O.

1) Sets the basefield of the stream str to dec as if by calling str.setf(std::ios_base::dec, std::ios_base::basefield).

2) Sets the basefield of the stream str to hex as if by calling str.setf(std::ios_base::hex, std::ios_base::basefield).

3) Sets the basefield of the stream str to oct as if by calling str.setf(std::ios_base::oct, std::ios_base::basefield).

This is an I/O manipulator. It may be called with an expression such as out << std::hex for any out of type std::basic_ostream or with an expression such as in >> std::hex for any in of type std::basic_istream.

Parameters

str

-

reference to I/O stream

Return value

str (reference to the stream after manipulation).

Example

Run this code

#include <bitset>
#include <iostream>
#include <sstream>
 
int main()
{
    std::cout << "The number 42 in octal:   " << std::oct << 42 << '\n'
              << "The number 42 in decimal: " << std::dec << 42 << '\n'
              << "The number 42 in hex:     " << std::hex << 42 << '\n';
    int n;
    std::istringstream("2A") >> std::hex >> n;
    std::cout << std::dec << "Parsing \"2A\" as hex gives " << n << '\n';
    // the output base is sticky until changed
    std::cout << std::hex << "42 as hex gives " << 42
        << " and 21 as hex gives " << 21 << '\n';
 
    // Note: there is no I/O manipulator that sets up a stream to print out
    // numbers in binary format (e.g. bin). If binary output is necessary
    // the std::bitset trick can be used:
    std::cout << "The number 42 in binary:  " << std::bitset<8>{42} << '\n';
}

Output:

The number 42 in octal:   52
The number 42 in decimal: 42
The number 42 in hex:     2a
Parsing "2A" as hex gives 42
42 as hex gives 2a and 21 as hex gives 15
The number 42 in binary:  00101010

See also

setbase	changes the base used for integer I/O (function)
showbasenoshowbase	controls whether prefix is used to indicate numeric base (function)