int sputbackc ( char c );

Put character back

The get pointer is moved back to point to the character right before its current position so the last character gotten, c, becomes available again as the character to be read at that position by the next input operation.

During its operation, the function calls the protected virtual member function pbackfail either if the character c doesn't match gptr()[-1] or if the get pointer gptr points to the same position as the beginning pointer eback.

When c does not match the character at that position, the default definition of pbackfail in streambuf will prepend c to be the character extracted at that position if possible, but derived classes may override this behavior.

The member function sungetc behaves in a similar way but without taking any parameters.

Parameters

c

Character to be put back.

Return Value

Example

// sputbackc
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

int main () {

  char ch;
  long n;
  streambuf * pbuf;

  pbuf = cin.rdbuf();

  cout << "Please enter some letters and then a number: ";

  do {
    ch=pbuf->sbumpc();

    if ( (ch>='0') && (ch <='9') )
    {
      pbuf->sputbackc (ch);
      cin >> n;
      cout << "You entered number " << n << endl;
      break;
    }
  } while (ch != EOF);

  return 0;
}

This example gets characters form the standard input one by one. When the first numeric digit is found, sputback is called to restore the position in the stream to that digit in order to be extracted as part of a number using the extraction operator >>.

Basic template member declaration

typedef traits::char_type char_type;
typedef traits::int_type int_type;
int_type sputbackc ( char_type c );

See also