own function with cout, how to concatenate argument ?

[vfunc]

if I want to output some text in my own function how can I concatenate
with the argument ? Example

void mycout(const char *c)
{
std::cout << c << std::endl;
}

mycout("Here is some text. " << " And here is some more");

Which will not compile.

 

[Jens Theisen]

if I want to output some text in my own function how can I concatenate
with the argument ? Example

void mycout(const char *c)
{
std::cout << c << std::endl;
}

mycout("Here is some text. " << " And here is some more");

Which will not compile.

Use std::string in favor of const char *. For example,

void mycout(std::string const& c)
{
std::cout << c << std::endl;
}

int main()
{
std::string str("Here is some text. ");
str.append(" And here is some more");

mycout(str);
}

or

int main()
{
std::stringstream s;

s << "Here is some text. " << " And here is some more";

mycount(s.str());
}

Regards,

Jens

 

[Old Wolf]

if I want to output some text in my own function how can I concatenate
with the argument ? Example

void mycout(const char *c)
{
std::cout << c << std::endl;
}

mycout("Here is some text. " << " And here is some more");

std:stream &mycout() { return std::cout; }
mycout() << "Here is some text. "
<< " And here is some more" << std::endl;

If you want an automatic endl at the end of the calling full
expression, you need to make mycout() return a temporary
object that implements operator<< and does stuff in its destructor.

 

[Old Wolf]

if I want to output some text in my own function how can I concatenate
with the argument ? Example

void mycout(const char *c)
{
std::cout << c << std::endl;
}

mycout("Here is some text. " << " And here is some more");

std:stream &mycout() { return std::cout; }
mycout() << "Here is some text. "
<< " And here is some more" << std::endl;

If you want an automatic endl at the end of the calling full
expression, you need to make mycout() return a temporary
object that implements operator<< and does stuff in its destructor.

 

[vfunc]

If you want an automatic endl at the end of the calling full
expression, you need to make mycout() return a temporary
object that implements operator<< and does stuff in its destructor.

How do you implement that operator ?
Care to expand ?

 

[Old Wolf]

How do you implement that operator ?
Care to expand ?

Something like this:

struct LogHelper
{
LogHelper(std:stream &os_): os(os_), active(true)
{
std::time_t t = std::time(NULL);
char buf[100];
std::strftime(buf, sizeof buf, "%d-%b-%Y %H:%M:%S",
std::localtime(&t));
os << "[" << buf << "] ";
}

LogHelper(LogHelper &h): os(h.os), active(true)
{
h.active = false;
}

template<typename T>
std:stream &operator<<(T const &t)
{
return os << t;
}

operator std:stream &() { return os; }

~LogHelper()
{
if (active)
os << std::endl;
}

private:
std:stream &os;
bool active;
};