What Does "cin" And "cout" Mean?

homerx

And it's definition.

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Steele

cin means c input , you need a variable to take the input. Here is an example

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int homerx;
cin >> homerx;
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The variable stores the input for later use. And in the console window there will be those blinky lines waiting for user input.

cout mean c out, this basically puts text on the console. Example:

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cout << "Homerx" << endl;
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This puts homerx on the console window. or you can do it with a variable.

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char homerx = "S";
cout << homerx << endl;
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Hope this helps, here are some great links for tutorials

<a href='http://www.cprogramming.com' target='_blank'>Tutorial page 1</a>
<a href='http://www.cpp-home.com' target='_blank'>Tutorial page 2</a>

BlackMage

actually cin and cout input and output to the default input/output devices
(usually the console) but they can be set to in/out to/from other places

OttoDestruct

This makes more sense when you get into classes (make your own string class, or something similar) and you start overloading the insertion and extraction operators.

Quaunaut

Wow. This actually helped me in my incredibly slow learning of C++. Thank you first poster guy, and those afterward!

Narfwak

Java is much less arcane when it comes to input/output stuff, but then again, it's Java, so you can't actually use it for much of anything. <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo-->

BlackMage

<!--QuoteBegin-Narfwak+Apr 18 2004, 12:59 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Narfwak @ Apr 18 2004, 12:59 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Java is much less arcane when it comes to input/output stuff, but then again, it's Java, so you can't actually use it for much of anything. <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
java is annoying

Hawkeye

I once knew C++ and Java in and out. Now I only know C now, and I'm trying to remember how classes work. *scratches head and clicks on tutorial links*

UltimaGecko

Doesn't the c stand for condition or something?

<-- knows that they do, but doesn't have a compiler, or taken a class in 3 years.

Trojan

The c stands for command or console, depending on your OS (win or *nix respectivily) iirc

SkulkBait

<!--QuoteBegin-OttoDestruct+Apr 18 2004, 10:54 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (OttoDestruct @ Apr 18 2004, 10:54 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> This makes more sense when you get into classes (make your own string class, or something similar) and you start overloading the insertion and extraction operators. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Bah! Those are shift operators! std::string just uses them for stream I/O.