std::basic_streambuf<CharT,Traits>::setg

 

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std::basic_streambuf

Public member functions basic_streambuf::~basic_streambuf      Locales basic_streambuf::pubimbue basic_streambuf::getloc Positioning basic_streambuf::pubsetbuf basic_streambuf::pubseekoff basic_streambuf::pubseekpos basic_streambuf::pubsync Get area basic_streambuf::in_avail basic_streambuf::snextc basic_streambuf::sbumpc basic_streambuf::sgetc basic_streambuf::sgetn Put area basic_streambuf::sputc basic_streambuf::sputn Putback basic_streambuf::sputbackc basic_streambuf::sungetc

Protected member functions basic_streambuf::basic_streambuf basic_streambuf::operator= (C++11) basic_streambuf::swap (C++11) Locales basic_streambuf::imbue Positioning basic_streambuf::setbuf basic_streambuf::seekoff basic_streambuf::seekpos basic_streambuf::sync Get area basic_streambuf::showmanyc basic_streambuf::underflow basic_streambuf::uflow basic_streambuf::xsgetn basic_streambuf::ebackbasic_streambuf::gptrbasic_streambuf::egptr basic_streambuf::gbump basic_streambuf::setg Put area basic_streambuf::xsputn basic_streambuf::overflow basic_streambuf::pbasebasic_streambuf::pptrbasic_streambuf::epptr basic_streambuf::pbump basic_streambuf::setp Putback basic_streambuf::pbackfail

 

protected: void setg( char_type* gbeg, char_type* gcurr, char_type* gend );

Sets the values of the pointers defining the get area.

After the call, eback() == gbeg, gptr() == gcurr and egptr() == gend are all true.

If any of [gbeg, gend), [gbeg, gcurr) and [gcurr, gend) is not a valid range, the behavior is undefined.

Parameters

gbeg	-	pointer to the new beginning of the get area
gcurr	-	pointer to the new current character (get pointer) in the get area
gend	-	pointer to the new end of the get area

Example

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#include <iostream>
#include <sstream>
 
class null_filter_buf : public std::streambuf
{
    std::streambuf* src;
    char ch; / single-byte buffer
protected:
    int underflow()
    {
        traits_type::int_type i;
        while ((i = src->sbumpc() == '\0')
            ; / skip zeroes
        if (!traits_type::eq_int_type(i, traits_type::eof()
        {
            ch = traits_type::to_char_type(i);
            setg(&ch, &ch+1); / make one read position available
        }
        return i;
    }
public:
    null_filter_buf(std::streambuf* buf) : src(buf)
    {
        setg(&ch, &ch + 1, &ch + 1); / buffer is initially full
    }
};
 
void filtered_read(std::istream& in)
{
    std::streambuf* orig = in.rdbuf();
    null_filter_buf buf(orig);
    in.rdbuf(&buf);
    for (char c; in.get(c);)
        std::cout << c;
    in.rdbuf(orig);
}
 
int main()
{
    char a[] = "This i\0s \0an e\0\0xample";
    std::istringstream in(std::string(std::begin(a), std::end(a));
    filtered_read(in);
}

Output:

This is an example

Defect reports

The following behavior-changing defect reports were applied retroactively to previously published C++ standards.

DR	Applied to	Behavior as published	Correct behavior
LWG 4023	C++98	setg did not require the input sequence to be a valid range	requires

See also

setp	repositions the beginning, next, and end pointers of the output sequence (protected member function)

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