endl or \n ?

I am wondering which is the difference between endl; and \n; .
I saw in the tutorials of C++ that in the early example it uses

Code:

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cout << "Some kind of mesage\n";

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but in the following sections (e.g. loops) it uses

Code:

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cout << "some king of message" << endl;

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How do I know which is the most appropriate/suitable for any situations ?

http://faq.cprogramming.com/cgi-bin/...&id=1043284376

It rarely matters much. Use whichever you prefer.

Most often, the extra flush is unnecessary, so I would prefer '\n' over endl.

What is a flush ?

there's an FAQ on that.

In basic terms in "flushes" the output buffer.

I read the FAQ. So flush is fore clearing the input buffer. Ok guys, thank you all of you!

No, the output buffer. You cannot flush input streams.

Way to not properly read the FAQ. lol....

You only interpretted it to mean the exact opposite of what it really says.

So, could you write a simple simpe simple script that really shows the meaning of endl in order to understand the meaning of flush ?

endl is typically implemented like this, ignoring wide characters and the template nature of iostreams:

Code:

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ostream &endl(ostream &os)
{
  os << '\n';
  os.flush();
}

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First of all thank you very much. I do not understand this :P Could you write down something like those of tutorial C++ beginners script?

Like stated \n and endl do the same thing they both move the cursor to the next line.

endl flushes the output buffer.. I dont really see what else you need to know. \n is also an 'escape sequence' from a family with also \b backspace and \t tab

http://www.cprogramming.com/tutorial/lesson3.html

Code:

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#include <iostream>

using namespace std; // So the program can see cout and endl

int main()
{
  // The loop goes while x < 10, and x increases by one every loop
  for ( int x = 0; x < 10; x++ ) {
    // Keep in mind that the loop condition checks
    //  the conditional statement before it loops again.
    //  consequently, when x equals 10 the loop breaks.
    // x is updated before the condition is checked.   
    cout<< x <<endl;
  }
  cin.get();
}

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Why why why does he use entl ? There is nothing to flush, isn't it ?
He can use /n instead. Ah ?

to be honest programmer use \n and endl out of choice. It really is a matter of personal taste, like Daved suggested. Some use endl and some use \n.

C programmers cannot use endl and C doesnt use namespaces. So C programmers are proberly more renouned to using \n over endl out of tradition. It is a matter of personal choice.

Could you give me an example that something need to be flushed ?
Thank guys for all answerd btw!