Set the current stream position.

Synopsis

Declared in <bslstl_stringbuf.h>

virtual
basic_stringbuf<CHAR_TYPE, CHAR_TRAITS, ALLOCATOR>::pos_type
seekpos(
    pos_type absoluteOffset,
    std::ios_base::openmode modeBitMask = ios_base::in | ios_base::out);

Description

Set the current input position or the current output position (or both) to the specified absoluteOffset from the beginning of the stream. Optionally specify a modeBitMask indicating whether to set the current input position, current output position, or both. Return the offset of the new position on success, and pos_type(off_type(‐1)) otherwise.

Return Value

offset of the new position, or pos_type(off_type(‐1)) on failure

Parameters

Name

Description

absoluteOffset

absolute position from the beginning of the stream

modeBitMask

whether to adjust the input position, output position, or both

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