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istream::ignore

Usage

   #include <iostream.hpp>
   istream &istream::ignore(int n, int delim = EOF);

Description

   The ignore function causes characters to be taken from the input and
   wasted, until n characters have been wasted, or until a character
   matching delim is extracted, or until an end of file condition is
   encountered. If the default value for delim (EOF) is used, ignore will
   stop  only when n characters have been wasted, or end of file is reached.

Example 

   // Input stream "abcdefghijk\n"

   char buffer[80];

   if (!cin.ignore(80,'h')) {  // end of file

   } else {
       cin >> buffer;
       cout << buffer; // output is "ijk"
   }

Return Value

   Returns a reference to the istream object for which it was called.