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Whats the difference between using << and >> in C++?

I don't get why cout uses << while cin uses >>

16th Jan 2018, 12:03 PM
Bryan Miu
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It's just how they are defined, outputstream uses<< input stream uses>>
16th Jan 2018, 12:08 PM
Marco
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so anything that has something like c"OUT" uses << and anything that has c"IN" uses >>?
17th Jan 2018, 10:09 AM
Bryan Miu
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Yes, for example ofstream and ifstream (used for files)
17th Jan 2018, 10:49 AM
Marco
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