[output.streams.general]

# 31 Input/output library [[input.output]](./#input.output)

## 31.7 Formatting and manipulators [[iostream.format]](iostream.format#output.streams.general)

### 31.7.6 Output streams [[output.streams]](output.streams#general)

#### 31.7.6.1 General [output.streams.general]

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[#](http://github.com/Eelis/draft/tree/9adde4bc1c62ec234483e63ea3b70a59724c745a/source/iostreams.tex#L5912)

The header [<ostream>](ostream.syn#header:%3costream%3e "31.7.2 Header <ostream> synopsis [ostream.syn]") defines a class template
and several function templates that control output to a stream buffer,
along with a function template that inserts into stream rvalues[.](#1.sentence-1)