setfill
[manipulator] template <class charT> smanip setfill ( charT c ); | <iomanip> |
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Set fill character
Sets the fill character to the value of parameter c
as if a call to stream member fill(c).
The fill character is used in output insertion operations to fill spaces when
padding results to the field width.
You must include <iomanip> to use this manipulator.
Parameters.
Return Value.
Unspecified.
This function should only be used as a stream manipulator.
Example.
// setfill example
#include <iostream>
#include <iomanip>
using namespace std;
int main () {
cout << setfill ('x') << setw (10);
cout << 77 << endl;
return 0;
}
This code uses setfill to set the fill character to 'x'.
The output of this example shall be similar to:
xxxxxxxx77
See also.
setw
iomanip manipulators