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`seekg` overloads

== Synopses

Declared in `<bslstl_istringstream.h>`

Changing the current read position.


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__istream_type&
xref:bsl/basic_istringstream/seekg-0a.adoc[seekg](pos_type);
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Seek to the absolute get position `position`.


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xref:bsl/basic_istringstream.adoc[BaseStream]&
xref:bsl/basic_istringstream/seekg-07.adoc[seekg](xref:bsl/basic_istringstream/pos_type.adoc[pos_type] position);
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Changing the current read position.


[source,cpp,subs="verbatim,replacements,macros,-callouts"]
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__istream_type&
xref:bsl/basic_istringstream/seekg-0f.adoc[seekg](
    off_type,
    ios_base::seekdir);
----

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Seek relative to `direction` by `offset` characters.


[source,cpp,subs="verbatim,replacements,macros,-callouts"]
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xref:bsl/basic_istringstream.adoc[BaseStream]&
xref:bsl/basic_istringstream/seekg-03.adoc[seekg](
    xref:bsl/basic_istringstream/off_type.adoc[off_type] offset,
    ios_base::seekdir direction);
----

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== Return Value

* *this
* a reference to this stream

== Parameters

[cols="1,4"]
|===
| Name| Description
| *__pos*
| A file position object.
| *position*
| absolute position in the input sequence
| *__off*
| A file offset object.
| *__dir*
| The direction in which to seek.
| *offset*
| relative offset in the input sequence
| *direction*
| base position for the seek
|===


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