| 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