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Changing the current read position.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bslstl_istringstream.h>`

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__istream_type&
seekg(
    off_type,
    ios_base::seekdir);
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== Description

If `fail()` is not true, calls `rdbuf()‐>pubseekoff(__off,__dir).` If that function fails, sets failbit.

[NOTE]
====
This function first clears eofbit. It does not count the number of characters extracted, if any, and therefore does not affect the next call to `gcount().`

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== Return Value

*this

== Parameters

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| Name| Description
| *__off*
| A file offset object.
| *__dir*
| The direction in which to seek.
|===


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