std::basic_istream<CharT,Traits>::readsome

std::streamsize readsome( char_type* s, std::streamsize count );

Extracts up to count immediately available characters from the input stream. The extracted characters are stored into the character array pointed to by s.

Behaves as UnformattedInputFunction. After constructing and checking the sentry object,

• If rdbuf()->in_avail() == -1, calls setstate(eofbit) and extracts no characters.
• If rdbuf()->in_avail() == 0, extracts no characters.
• If rdbuf()->in_avail() > 0, extracts std::min(rdbuf()->in_avail(), count) characters and stores them into successive locations of the characater array whose first element is pointed to by s.

Parameters

Return value

The number of characters actually extracted.

Exceptions

If an internal operation throws an exception, it is caught and badbit is set. If exceptions() is set for badbit, the exception is rethrown.

Notes

The behavior of this function is highly implementation-specific. For example, when used with std::ifstream, some library implementations fill the underlying filebuf with data as soon as the file is opened (and readsome() on such implementations reads data, potentially, but not necessarily, the entire file), while other implementations only read from file when an actual input operation is requested (and readsome() issued after file opening never extracts any characters). Likewise, a call to std::cin.readsome() may return all pending unprocessed console input, or may always return zero and extract no characters.

Example

#include <iostream>
#include <sstream>
 
int main()
{
    char c[10] = {};
    std::istringstream input("This is sample text."); // std::stringbuf makes its entire
                                                      // buffer available for unblocking read
    input.readsome(c, 5); // reads 'This ' and stores in c[0] .. c[4]
    input.readsome(c, 9); // reads 'is sample' and stores in c[0] .. c[8]
    std::cout << c;
}

is sample

See also