Overloading operator>> for case insensitive string
- by TheSOFan
Given the definition of ci_string from cpp.reference.com, how would we go about implementing operator? My attempts at it involved std::read, but it doesn't seem to work (that is, gcount() properly counts the number of characters entered, but there is no output)
#include <iostream>
#include <cctype>
#include <string>
// ci_string definition goes here
std::istream& operator>>(std::istream& in, ci_string& str)
{
return in.read(&*str.begin(), 4);
}
int main()
{
ci_string test_str;
std::cin >> test_str;
std::cout << test_str;
return 0;
}
