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<div><h1>Manipulator -- the class of all file manipulators</h1>
<div class="single"><h2>Description</h2>
<div>A file manipulator is a type of list that, when put out to a file with <a href="__lt_lt.html" title="a binary operator (file output, ...)"><<</a> causes a chosen function to be applied to the file. Alternatively, a manipulator can be used the way a function is used.<table class="examples"><tr><td><pre>i1 : f = new Manipulator from identity
o1 = f
o1 : Manipulator</pre>
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<tr><td><pre>i2 : stdio << f
o2 = stdio
o2 : File</pre>
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<tr><td><pre>i3 : f stdio
o3 = stdio
o3 : File</pre>
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<div class="waystouse"><h2>Functions and methods returning a manipulator :</h2>
<ul><li>new Manipulator from Function</li>
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<h2>Methods that use a manipulator :</h2>
<ul><li><span>File << Manipulator, see <span><a href="___File_sp_lt_lt_sp__Thing.html" title="print to a file">File << Thing</a> -- print to a file</span></span></li>
<li><span>Nothing << Manipulator, see <span><a href="___File_sp_lt_lt_sp__Thing.html" title="print to a file">File << Thing</a> -- print to a file</span></span></li>
<li>Manipulator Database</li>
<li>Manipulator File</li>
<li>Manipulator Nothing</li>
<li><span>Manipulator NetFile, see <span><a href="___Net__File.html" title="the class of all net files">NetFile</a> -- the class of all net files</span></span></li>
<li><span>NetFile << Manipulator, see <span><a href="___Net__File.html" title="the class of all net files">NetFile</a> -- the class of all net files</span></span></li>
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<h2>Fixed objects of class Manipulator :</h2>
<ul><li><span><a href="_close.html" title="close a file">close</a> -- close a file</span></li>
<li><span><a href="_close__In.html" title="close an input file">closeIn</a> -- close an input file</span></li>
<li><span><a href="_close__Out.html" title="close an output file">closeOut</a> -- close an output file</span></li>
<li><span><a href="_endl.html" title="end an output line">endl</a> -- end an output line</span></li>
<li><span><a href="_flush.html" title="flush output to file">flush</a> -- flush output to file</span></li>
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<div class="waystouse"><h2>For the programmer</h2>
<p>The object <a href="___Manipulator.html" title="the class of all file manipulators">Manipulator</a> is <span>a <a href="___Type.html">type</a></span>, with ancestor classes <a href="___Basic__List.html" title="the class of all basic lists">BasicList</a> < <a href="___Thing.html" title="the class of all things">Thing</a>.</p>
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