std::basic_istream<CharT,Traits>::peek
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int_type peek();
 
 
Behaves as UnformattedInputFunction. After constructing and testing the sentry object, reads the next character from the input stream without extracting it.
[edit] Parameters
(none)
[edit] Return value
If good() == true, returns the next character as obtained by rdbuf()->sgetc().
Otherwise, returns Traits::eof().
[edit] Exceptions
failure if an error occurred (the error state flag is not goodbit ) and exceptions() is set to throw for that state.If an internal operation throws an exception, it is caught and badbit  is set. If exceptions()  is set for badbit, the exception is rethrown.
[edit] Example
Run this code
#include <iostream> #include <sstream> int main() { std::istringstream s1("Hello, world."); char c1 = s1.peek(); char c2 = s1.get(); std::cout << "Peeked: " << c1 << " got: " << c2 << '\n'; }
Output:
Peeked: H got: H
[edit] See also
 
 reads one character from the input sequence without advancing the sequence 
(public member function of
(public member function of
std::basic_streambuf<CharT,Traits>) [edit]