Question

What is the basic difference between manipulators and ios member functions in implementation? Give examples?

Answer 1

• ios functions returns value while manipulators does not.  

• we can not create own ios functions while we can create our own manipulators.  

• ios functions are single and not possible to be combined while manipulators are possible to be applied in chain.  

• ios function needs while manipulators needs  

• ios functions are member functions while manipulators are non-member functions.