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iostream vs. printf()

iostream vs. printf()

C-style I/O is still supported in C++. However, the iostream objects offer 2 advantages over the printf() family: type safety and support for user-defined types. Consider the following example:

 void f() {  	//C-style I/O familiar bugs	/////////////////////////////	int n=10;	char *msg =

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