std::basic_streambuf<CharT,Traits>::sputbackc

 

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Public member functions basic_streambuf::~basic_streambuf      Locales basic_streambuf::pubimbue basic_streambuf::getloc Positioning basic_streambuf::pubsetbuf basic_streambuf::pubseekoff basic_streambuf::pubseekpos basic_streambuf::pubsync Get area basic_streambuf::in_avail basic_streambuf::snextc basic_streambuf::sbumpc basic_streambuf::sgetc basic_streambuf::sgetn Put area basic_streambuf::sputc basic_streambuf::sputn Putback basic_streambuf::sputbackc basic_streambuf::sungetc

Protected member functions basic_streambuf::basic_streambuf basic_streambuf::operator= (C++11) basic_streambuf::swap (C++11) Locales basic_streambuf::imbue Positioning basic_streambuf::setbuf basic_streambuf::seekoff basic_streambuf::seekpos basic_streambuf::sync Get area basic_streambuf::showmanyc basic_streambuf::underflow basic_streambuf::uflow basic_streambuf::xsgetn basic_streambuf::ebackbasic_streambuf::gptrbasic_streambuf::egptr basic_streambuf::gbump basic_streambuf::setg Put area basic_streambuf::xsputn basic_streambuf::overflow basic_streambuf::pbasebasic_streambuf::pptrbasic_streambuf::epptr basic_streambuf::pbump basic_streambuf::setp Putback basic_streambuf::pbackfail

 

int_type sputbackc( char_type c );

Puts back a character back to the get area.

If a putback position is available in the get area (gptr() > eback()), and the character c is equal to the character one position to the left of gptr() (as determined by Traits::eq(c, gptr()[-1]), then simply decrements the next pointer (gptr()).

Otherwise, calls pbackfail(Traits::to_int_type(c)) to either back up the get area or to modify both the get area and possibly the associated character sequence.

The I/O stream function basic_istream::putback is implemented in terms of this function.

Parameters

c

-

character to put back

Return value

If putback position was available, returns the character that the next pointer is now pointing at, converted to int_type with Traits::to_int_type(*gptr()). The next single-character input from this streambuf will return this character.

If putback position was not available, returns what pbackfail() returns, which is Traits::eof() on failure.

Example

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#include <iostream>
#include <sstream>
 
int main()
{
    std::stringstream s("abcdef"); // gptr() points to 'a' in "abcdef"
    std::cout << "Before putback, string holds " << s.str() << '\n';
    char c1 = s.get(); // c1 = 'a', gptr() now points to 'b' in "abcdef"
    char c2 = s.rdbuf()->sputbackc('z'); // same as s.putback('z')
                                         // gptr() now points to 'z' in "zbcdef"
    std::cout << "After putback, string holds " << s.str() << '\n';
    char c3 = s.get(); // c3 = 'z', gptr() now points to 'b' in "zbcdef"
    char c4 = s.get(); // c4 = 'b', gptr() now points to 'c' in "zbcdef"
    std::cout << c1 << c2 << c3 << c4 << '\n';
 
    s.rdbuf()->sputbackc('b');  // gptr() now points to 'b' in "zbcdef"
    s.rdbuf()->sputbackc('z');  // gptr() now points to 'z' in "zbcdef"
    int eof = s.rdbuf()->sputbackc('x');  // nothing to unget: pbackfail() fails
    if (eof == EOF)
        std::cout << "No room to putback after 'z'\n";
}

Output:

Before putback, string holds abcdef
After putback, string holds zbcdef
azzb
No room to putback after 'z'

See also

sungetc	moves the next pointer in the input sequence back by one (public member function)
putback	puts a character into input stream (public member function of std::basic_istream<CharT,Traits>)