C++ streambuf - seekoff
Description
It is used to set position pointer to relative position and sets a new position to the position pointers specified by parameter which. This position is calculated as an offset of off characters relative to a the origin specified by way.
Declaration
Following is the declaration for std::stringbuf::setbuf.
streampos seekoff (streamoff off, ios_base::seekdir way,
ios_base::openmode which = ios_base::in | ios_base::out);
Parameters
off − It is an offset value.
way − It is an object of type ios_base::seekdir.
Return Value
It returns the new absolute position the position pointer points to after the call, if representable as a value of type streampos on success or if the above is not possible, the function returns streampos(streamoff(-1)). streampos is a positioning type that can be converted to/from integral types on failure.
Exceptions
Basic guarantee − if an exception is thrown, the object is in a valid state.
Data races
it modifies the stringbuf object.
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