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Why do we use >> for cout for ex: cout<< and cin>> ? Why cant we use as cout>> and cin<<

2nd Mar 2017, 3:57 PM
yasthika thirupathy
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Good Question! << is called insertion operator and >> is called extraction operator. See the direction of the arrows. cout << "yo"; means insert "yo" to output (screen). cin >> num; means extract value of num from input.
2nd Mar 2017, 4:24 PM
Vishal++
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its designed by the designer of the language. its the syntax which can't be changed
9th Nov 2017, 6:55 PM
Prasad K G
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Simply saying..,it's a syntax, we can't customize it.
2nd Mar 2017, 6:27 PM
Ashish Dhaka
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