so let me get this straight you can use cout or printf to output text to the screen right?? right?
also you must include stdlib to use printf correct?
You see I thought printf was primarily used for visual cpp, but i noticed someone who used in it one of their programs so I am kinda confused and I would appreciate it if you could explain the differences between the two.
ok thanks in advanced
printf() doesn't type check, cout does.
some people prefer printf()'s formatting over ostream's manipulators/flags/etc, ; other's disagree.
printf() is C style output, cout is C++ style output
C++ allows both printf() and cout to be used
C only allows printf().
include stdlib.h for printf()
include iostream.h or fstream.h (drop the .h if you have an up to date compiler) for cout.
as a general rule, it's not considered wise to mix printf() and cout in the same program.
Use whichever you want.
Last edited by elad; 04-29-2002 at 08:34 AM.
You only need to include the stdio library to use printf.
As elad mentioned, C programmers use printf, C++ programmers get to choose but usually use cout. If you mix the two in the same program it can result in massive headaches.
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