Write characters from the specified source to this buffer.
Declared in <bdlsb_overflowmemoutput.h>
std::streamsize
sputn(
char const* source,
std::streamsize length);
Write the specified length characters from the specified source to this buffer. Return the number of characters written, which is either length or the distance from the current write position to the end of the write buffer, whichever is smaller, and move the write cursor position by this amount. The behaviour is undefined unless source != 0 || length > 0.
number of characters successfully written
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| source | buffer of characters to write |
| length | number of characters to write |