cpp/io/basic ios/exceptions
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                    |   std::ios_base::iostate exceptions() const;  | 
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|   void exceptions(std::ios_base::iostate except);  | 
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[edit] Parameters
| except | - | exception mask | 
[edit] Example
#include <iostream> #include <fstream> int main() { int ivalue; try { std::ifstream in("in.txt"); in.exceptions(std::ifstream::failbit); in >> ivalue; } catch (std::ios_base::failure &fail) { // handle exception here } }