Whats the point of the <<num after the cout<<

Answer 1

It's the insertion operator in C++

Answer 2

The << symbol is called insertion operator, it is used to insert information into the output stream. The >> symbol is called extraction operator, it is used to extract information from the input stream. Read more in the following link:

http://faculty.cs.niu.edu/~hutchins/csci241/io-op.htm

Hth, cmiiw

Answer 3

in cout class << operator is overloaded to expect the variable which you want to print on the console.

Answer 4

i know that i don't understand what <<num after <<cout did to the code at all