std::setw (an abbreviation of 'set width') is an STL std::iostream manipulator to set the width of the next output.


#include <iomanip>

#include <iostream>



int main()

{

  const int value = 123;

  std::cout

    << "12345678\n"

    << std::setw(8) << value << '\n'

    << std::setfill('x') << std::setw(8) << value << '\n';

}

Screen output:

External links

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