namespace std problem?

[Sc0rp]

Hi,

I'm learning C++ now and I'm now lerning about streams and stuff.
I was playing with iostream and a weird thing happened:

#include <iostream.h>

int main()
{
	cout.operator <<("Wazzup\n");
	return 0;
}

Output:

Wazzup
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#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

int main()
{
	cout.operator <<("Wazzup\n");
	return 0;
}

Output:

0046B01CPress any key to continue



Anyone has any idea why this happens?

BTW, I compiled it using VC++6.

[filburt1]

It may be returning the hex value of a pointer for some reason.

[Sc0rp]

Yes, this is what it does exactly.

// added a '*' before the string:
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

int main()
{
	cout.operator <<(*"Wazzup\n");
	return 0;
}

This asks for the value that is in that memory address.
When I run the program it prints '87' on the screen, which is exactly the ASCII value of 'W', the first character in the string.

I just don't know why it does that.

[filburt1]

Because it doesn't like you?

[Sc0rp]

Might be.
I'm not crazy about M$ either...

[filburt1]

BTW, you do know that you can do just "cout << string" (you don't need the operator), right?

[Sc0rp]

Sure.
I was just playing with it.