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Investigating the data available.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bslstl_syncbuf.h>`

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streamsize
showmanyc();
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== Description

_If it returns a positive value, then successive calls to_ `underflow()` will not return `traits::eof()` until at least that number of characters have been supplied. If `showmanyc()` returns ‐1, then calls to `underflow()` or `uflow()` will fail. [27.5.2.4.3]/1

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Base class version does nothing, returns zero.

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The standard adds that _the intention is not only that the_ calls [to underflow or uflow]will not return `eof()` but that they will return immediately.

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The standard adds that _the morphemes of _`showmanyc` are *es‐how‐many‐see,* not *show‐manic.*

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== Return Value

An estimate of the number of characters available in the input sequence, or ‐1.


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