The C++ std::ios::boolalpha function is used to control the formatting of the boolean output in streams. When this function is invoked, boolean values are displayed as textual true or false instead of default 1 or 0. It is triggered by using the std::boolalpha manipulator and disabled with std::noboolalpha.
SyntaxThis function improves the readability of boolean output in logs and user interfaces.
Following is the syntax for std::ios::boolalpha() function.
ios_base& boolalpha (ios_base& str);Parameters
This function returns the Argument str.
ExceptionsIf an exception is thrown, str is in a valid state.
Data racesIt modifies str. Concurrent access to the same stream object may cause data races.
ExampleIn the following example, we are going to consider the basic usage of the boolalpha() function.
#include <iostream> int main() { bool x = true; std::cout << "Without boolalpha: " << x << std::endl; std::cout << std::boolalpha; std::cout << "With boolalpha: " << x << std::endl; return 0; }Output
Output of the above code is as follows −
Without boolalpha: 1 With boolalpha: trueExample
Consider the following example, where we are going to use the boolalpha with std::cin to read a boolean value from the user.
#include <iostream> int main() { bool x; std::cout << "Enter true or false : "; std::cin >> std::boolalpha >> x; std::cout << "Entered Input : " << x << std::endl; return 0; }Output
Following is the output of the above code −
Enter true or false : true Entered Input : 1Example
Let's look at the following example, where we are going to determine if a given number is even or odd.
#include <iostream> int main() { bool x = false; int a = 1; if (a % 2 == 0) { x = true; } std::cout << std::boolalpha; std::cout << "Is the given number even? " << x << std::endl; return 0; }Output
If we run the above code it will generate the following output −
Is the given number even? false
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