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# std::strstream::strstream

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< cpp‎ | io‎ | strstream

strstream(); | (1) |
strstream(char* s, int n, std::ios_base::openmode mode = std::ios_base::in | std::ios_base::out); | (2) |

Constructs new input/output strstream and its underlying std::strstreambuf.

1) Default-constructs the underlying std::strstreambuf, which creates a dynamically growing buffer, and initializes the base class with the address of the strstreambuf member.
2) Initialized the base class with the address of the underlying std::strstreambuf member, which is initialized in one of the two possible ways, both of which use a user-provided fixed-size array:
a) if the `app` bit is not set in `mode`, constructs the buffer by calling strstreambuf(s, n, s). The behavior is undefined if there are less than `n` elements in the array whose first element is pointed to by `s`
b) if the `app` bit is set in `mode`, constructs the buffer by calling strstreambuf(s, n, s + std::strlen(s)). The behavior is undefined if there are less than `n` elements in the array whose first element is pointed to by `s` or if the array does not contain a valid null-terminated character sequence.

### [edit] Parameters

s | - | char array to use as the output buffer
n | - | size of the array to be used for output
mode | - | specifies stream open mode. It is a bitmask type, the following constants are defined (although only `app` is used):
Constant | Explanation
`app` | seek to the end of stream before each write
`binary` | open in binary mode
`in` | open for reading
`out` | open for writing
`trunc` | discard the contents of the stream when opening
`ate` | seek to the end of stream immediately after open

### [edit] Example

Run this code

    #include <iostream>
    #include <strstream>
    #include <string>

    int main()
    {
        // dynamic buffer
        std::strstream s1; // dynamic buffer
        s1 << 1 << ' ' << 3.14 << " example" << std::ends;
        std::cout << "buffer holds '" << s1.str() << "'\n";
        s1.freeze(false);

        int n; double d;
        std::string w;
        s1 >> n >> d >> w;
        std::cout << "Read back: n = " << n
                  << " d = " << d
                  << " w = '" << w << "'\n";

        // static buffer
        char arr[20] = "-1 -3.14 ";
        std::strstream s2(arr, sizeof arr, std::ios_base::app);
        s2 << "another" << std::ends;
        std::cout << "buffer holds: '" << s2.str() << "'\n";
        s2 >> n >> d >> w;
        std::cout << "Read back: n = " << n
                  << " d = " << d
                  << " w = '" << w << "'\n";
    }

Output:

    buffer holds '1 3.14 example'
    Read back: n = 1 d = 3.14 w = 'example'
    buffer holds: '-1 -3.14 another'
    Read back: n = -1 d = -3.14 w = 'another'

### [edit] See also

(constructor) | constructs a strstreambuf object (public member function of `std::strstreambuf`) [edit]
(constructor) | constructs an strstream, optionally allocating the buffer (public member function of `std::istrstream`) [edit]
(constructor) | constructs an strstream, optionally allocating the buffer (public member function of `std::ostrstream`) [edit]

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