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How to make cout not printing on the console. i mean

void main()
{

cout<<"Hello world"<<endl;
}
Is there any way where i can block printing on console even when iam
cout in my code..I mean even using cout<<"Hello world"<<endl;.
This is shouldnt get printed on console..

regards

Jul 23 '05 #1
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"Gurikar" <ms*******@gmai l.com> wrote in message
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How to make cout not printing on the console. i mean

void main()
int main()
{

cout<<"Hello world"<<endl;
}
Is there any way where i can block printing on console even when iam
cout in my code..I mean even using cout<<"Hello world"<<endl;.
This is shouldnt get printed on console..

regards


If you prefer not to print to the console, then don't print to the console.
The string "Hello world" is a literal. Its not a variable. To store the
literal string, use it to initialize a std::string variable.

#include <iostream>
#include <string>

int main()
{
std::string s("Just a string.\n");
s += "Just another string.\n";

// std::cout<< s << std::endl;

return 0;
}

Homework:
Whats a variable?
Whats a literal string?
Why is void main() not allowed?

Jul 23 '05 #2
ben
What's wrong of printing straight from string literal? The user just wants
to ask how to redirect cout to somewhere else.

So the answer is to use std::ios::rdbuf () function. A google search would
give plausible many examples :)

ben
If you prefer not to print to the console, then don't print to the console. The string "Hello world" is a literal. Its not a variable. To store the
literal string, use it to initialize a std::string variable.

Jul 23 '05 #3
Gurikar on 2005-05-12 09:10 spammed:
How to make cout not printing on the console. i mean

cout.rdbuf(othe r_buffer);

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Jul 23 '05 #4

"ben" <be******@hotma il.com> wrote in message
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What's wrong of printing straight from string literal? The user just wants
to ask how to redirect cout to somewhere else.

So the answer is to use std::ios::rdbuf () function. A google search would
give plausible many examples :)

ben


Ben,

please place your responses either at the bottom of the post, or
interspersed with the text you're commenting on. Putting your comments at
the top is referred to as "top posting", and is frowned upon in usenet,
because it disrupts the normal order of reading (from top to bottom).

Thanks,
Howard


Jul 23 '05 #5

"ben" <be******@hotma il.com> wrote in message
news:42******** **************@ news.optusnet.c om.au...
What's wrong of printing straight from string literal? The user just wants
to ask how to redirect cout to somewhere else.

So the answer is to use std::ios::rdbuf () function. A google search would
give plausible many examples :)

ben


Nothing wrong with printing from a literal and you have graciously offered
ios::rdbuf() in the case the OP is indeed trying to redirect std::cout.
In my opinion, thats not the case here. But thats just a guess.
Lets see what the feedback says...

Thanks for the input.
Jul 23 '05 #6
>How to make cout not printing on the console.

Where do you want it to output character?
i mean

void main()
main() returns an int, always.

int main(){
cout<<"Hello world"<<endl;
}
I'll just rewrite that example to make sure you
start correctly.

# include <iostream>

int main()
{
std::cout << "Hello world" << std::endl;
}
Is there any way where i can block printing on
console even when iam cout in my code..I mean even
using cout<<"Hello world"<<endl;. This is
shouldnt get printed on console..


Where should it get printed? If it's another
stream, many have pointed the std::ios::rdbuf ()
solution. If it's to another graphical mean such a a
graphical window or whatever, you will have to use
operating-system-dependent functions.

If you want to completely "block printing on
console", do something like

# include <iostream>

template <
class char_t,
class traits = std::char_trait s<char_t> >
class null_outbuf
: public std::basic_stre ambuf<char_t, traits>
{
protected:
virtual int_type overflow(int_ty pe c)
{
// noop
return traits::not_eof (c);
}
};

int main()
{
null_outbuf<cha r> no;

std::cout << "hello";

std::streambuf *old = std::cout.rdbuf (&no);
std::cout << "this is not printed";
std::cout.rdbuf (old);

std::cout << "I'm back";
}
--
Jonathan
[FAQ] - http://www.parashift.com/c++-faq-lite/

Jul 23 '05 #7
HI,
Actually i want print log information on console. So i use cout,
incase if i dont want log, i dont want to change the code, so i just
want cout not print on the console without changing any code. Its
something like this:

void log(char* str)
{
cout<<str<<endl ;
}
int main()
{

bool b = true;

if(b)
{
log("Log is on");
}
log("hello");
log("world");
....
....
...
....
log("End");
}

So when bool b = true, it prints on console, now when bool b = false, i
dont want print it on console, how do i do this? I dont want change the
code of calling log eveywhere. something like i want make cout = NULL
when bool b = false. Is this possible.
One more question, what happends i use cout many times in windows based
application(con sole not present). Does it affect performance.
Regards
Jonathan Mcdougall wrote:
How to make cout not printing on the console.


Where do you want it to output character?
i mean

void main()


main() returns an int, always.

int main()
{
cout<<"Hello world"<<endl;
}


I'll just rewrite that example to make sure you
start correctly.

# include <iostream>

int main()
{
std::cout << "Hello world" << std::endl;
}
Is there any way where i can block printing on
console even when iam cout in my code..I mean even
using cout<<"Hello world"<<endl;. This is
shouldnt get printed on console..


Where should it get printed? If it's another
stream, many have pointed the std::ios::rdbuf ()
solution. If it's to another graphical mean such a a
graphical window or whatever, you will have to use
operating-system-dependent functions.

If you want to completely "block printing on
console", do something like

# include <iostream>

template <
class char_t,
class traits = std::char_trait s<char_t> >
class null_outbuf
: public std::basic_stre ambuf<char_t, traits>
{
protected:
virtual int_type overflow(int_ty pe c)
{
// noop
return traits::not_eof (c);
}
};

int main()
{
null_outbuf<cha r> no;

std::cout << "hello";

std::streambuf *old = std::cout.rdbuf (&no);
std::cout << "this is not printed";
std::cout.rdbuf (old);

std::cout << "I'm back";
}
--
Jonathan
[FAQ] - http://www.parashift.com/c++-faq-lite/


Jul 23 '05 #8
"Gurikar" <ms*******@gmai l.com> wrote in message news:11******** **************@ f14g2000cwb.goo glegroups.com.. .
HI,
Actually i want print log information on console. So i use cout,
incase if i dont want log, i dont want to change the code, so i just
want cout not print on the console without changing any code. Its
something like this:

[...]


#include <iostream>

class logger
{
public:
bool on;

template<typena me T>
logger& operator << (T t)
{
if (on) std::cout << t; // else do nothing
return *this;
}
};

int main()
{
logger log;

log.on = true;
log << "should display to cout";

log.on = false;
log << "should not display";

return 0;
}

HTH,

--
Lionel B

Jul 23 '05 #9
"Lionel B" <me@privacy.net > wrote in message news:42******** *************** @news.sunsite.d k...
"Gurikar" <ms*******@gmai l.com> wrote in message news:11******** **************@ f14g2000cwb.goo glegroups.com.. .
HI,
Actually i want print log information on console. So i use cout,
incase if i dont want log, i dont want to change the code, so i just
want cout not print on the console without changing any code. Its
something like this:

[...]
#include <iostream>

class logger
{
public:
bool on;

template<typena me T>
logger& operator << (T t)


That should probably be:

template<typena me T>
logger& operator << (const T& t)
{
if (on) std::cout << t; // else do nothing
return *this;
}
};

int main()
{
logger log;

log.on = true;
log << "should display to cout";

log.on = false;
log << "should not display";

return 0;
}

HTH,

--
Lionel B

Jul 23 '05 #10

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