13.3 Using the Classic iostream Library
To use routines from the classic iostream library,
you must include the header files for the part of the library
you need. The header files are described in the following table.
Table 13-1 iostream Routine Header Files
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Declares basic features of iostream library.
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Declares iostreams and streambufs specialized to files.
Includes iostream.h.
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Declares iostreams and streambufs specialized to
character arrays. Includes iostream.h.
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Declares manipulators: value
s you insert into or extract from iostreams to have different
effects. Includes iostream.h. |
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(obsolete) Declares iostreams and streambufs specialized
to use stdio
FILEs.Includes iostream.h.
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(obsolete) Includes iostream.h, fstream.h,
iomanip.h, and stdiostream.h. For compatibility with older
style streams from C++ version 1.2.
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You usually do not need all of these header files in your program. Include
only the ones that contain the declarations you need. By default, libiostream contains the classic iostream library.