How cout can display the text on the screen ???

Question

it's a function
what's it's contents

Answer 1

cout is not a function, but an object of the class ostream, as read here: http://www.cplusplus.com/reference/ostream/ostream/

And this is the source code for ostream (good luck understanding any of it): https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/libstdc++/libstdc++-html-USERS-3.4/ostream-source.html

Also, look here to see why you need the namespace std to use it: http://www.cplusplus.com/doc/oldtutorial/namespaces/

Answer 2

@Tamra wooow, even after reading the ostream source code I can't understand how it work... One day Im gonna be as good (more) as the genius who wrote it !

Answer 3

in layman's terms
cout is kind of a command u give, to print ur text on the screen

Answer 4

i think cout actually means console output.

so its just outputting your input otherwise you would never see the outcome of your code.

wouldent analyze it too much.

Answer 5

Thanks Sakina Halvadwala

Answer 6

thanks guys but I need more explanation 😊