std::basic_streambuf::showmanyc
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                    |   protected: virtual std::streamsize showmanyc();  | 
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Estimates the number of characters available for input in the associated character sequence. underflow() is guaranteed not to return Traits::eof() until at least that many characters are extracted.
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[edit] Parameters
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[edit] Return value
The number of characters that are certainly available in the associated character sequence, or -1 if showmanyc can determine, without blocking, that no characters are available. If showmanyc returns -1, underflow() and uflow() will definitely return Traits::eof.
The base class version returns 0, which has the meaning of "unsure if there are characters available in the associated sequence".
[edit] Example
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[edit] See also
|    obtains the number of characters immediately available in the get area  (public member function)  | |
|    [virtual]  | 
   optionally provides the number of characters available for input from the file  (virtual protected member function of std::basic_filebuf) 
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