[FIXED] how to understand the default format of cout

Issue

I hope this is not a naive question. Is type conversion performed implicitly in c++? Because I have asked user to input a number in hexadecimal format, and then when i output that number to the screen without mentioning its format, it is displayed as a decimal format. Am I missing something here?

#include <iostream>
#include <iomanip> using namespace std; 

int main() { int number = 0; 
             cout << "\nEnter a hexadecimal number: " << endl; 
              cin >> hex >> number;
            cout << "Your decimal input: " << number << endl; number; 
                }

Solution

There's no type conversion between hexadecimal and decimal here. Internally your number will be stored in two's complimentary (a binary representation) no matter whether it has been read in as a hex or decimal number. Converting from a string of dec/hex to an integer and the other way around happens when the number is inputted/outputted.

With std::hex you tell the stream you tell the stream to change its default numeric base for integer I/O. Without it, the default is decimal. So if you only do it for std::cin, then it is reading in numbers as hex, but std::cout is still outputting decimal numbers. If you want it to also change its base to hexadecimal, you have to do the same with std::cout:

std::cout << std::hex << "Your hexadecimal input: " << number << std::endl;

Answered By - Blaze

Answer Checked By - Clifford M. (PHPFixing Volunteer)