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<div><h1>stdio -- the standard input output file</h1>
<div class="single"><h2>Synopsis</h2>
<ul><li><div class="list"><dl class="element"><dt class="heading">Usage: </dt><dd class="value"><div><tt>stdio</tt></div>
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<li><div class="single">Outputs:<ul><li><span>the standard input output file</span></li>
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<div class="single"><h2>Description</h2>
<div><p>Use this file to get input from the terminal, or to display information on the user's screen. This is the file always used by <a href="_print.html" title="print something">print</a> and used <a href="__lt_lt.html" title="a binary operator (file output, ...)"><<</a> if it is not explicitly given a file.</p>
<table class="examples"><tr><td><pre>i1 : << "hi" << endl
hi
o1 = stdio
o1 : File</pre>
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<tr><td><pre>i2 : stdio << "hi" << endl
hi
o2 = stdio
o2 : File</pre>
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<div class="single"><h2>See also</h2>
<ul><li><span><a href="_stderr.html" title="the standard error output file">stderr</a> -- the standard error output file</span></li>
<li><span><a href="___File_sp_lt_lt_sp__Thing.html" title="print to a file">File << Thing</a> -- print to a file</span></li>
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<div class="waystouse"><h2>For the programmer</h2>
<p>The object <a href="_stdio.html" title="the standard input output file">stdio</a> is <span>a <a href="___File.html">file</a></span>.</p>
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