How to format padded signed numbers in a stringstream

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I'm trying to format numbers using C++ streams and am having trouble with the sign character being placed after the fill instead of before. When I do this:

std::cout << std::setfill('0') << std::setw(6) << -1;

The output is

0000-1

But what I want is

-00001

With printf I can use a format like "%06d" and it works the way I expect with the sign placed before the zeroes, but I want to get the same effect in a stream and not use the old formatting functions. I can't use C++20 yet either, so std::format isn't available to me yet.

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1 Answers

I should have looked a little longer before posting. The answer is the std::internal manipulator, which causes the padding to be done internally within the field. This works correctly:

std::cout << std::internal << std::setfill('0') << std::setw(6) << -1;

-00001
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