istream::seekg

istream::seekg

istream& seekg( streampospos);

istream& seekg( streamoffoff, ios::seek_dirdir);

Parameters

pos

The new position value;streamposis atypedefequivalent tolong.

off

The new offset value;streamoffis atypedefequivalent tolong.

dir

The seek direction. Must be one of the following enumerators:ios::beg Seek from the beginning of the stream.

ios::cur Seek from the current position in the stream.

ios::end Seek from the end of the stream.

Remarks

Changes the get pointer for the stream. Not all derived classes ofistreamneed support positioning; it is most often used with file-based streams.

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See Alsoistream::tellg,ostream::seekp,ostream::tellp