ios_base precision

[Sebarry]

Hi,

I'm trying to format a number input as:

(12345.35,-55) (-3,34567.99)

to produce this output:

The Complex numbers are: (+ 12345.35,- 55.00) and (- 3.00,+ 34567.99)

Here is my overloaded << operator:

// overloads the binary "<<" operator through a global friend function
//   Complex object will be formatted in the following format:
//   ( -125.00, 23.44 )
ostream & operator << (ostream & dest, const Complex & obj)
{
	dest << fixed << setprecision(2);

	if( obj.real_part > 0 )
	{
		dest << "(+ ";
	}
	else
	{
		dest << "( "; 
	}

	dest << obj.real_part << ", " << obj.imaginary_part << " )";
	return dest; // enables  cout << a << b << c
}

I need the output of flags to be:

The cout format flags are set to: 1537

The cout format flags are set to: 513

Instead of what I'm getting:

The cout format flags are set to: 9729

The cout format flags are set to: 8705

The code for this is:

newFormat = cout.flags();  //find out how flags are set now
cout << "\nThe cout format flags are set to: " << newFormat << endl;

newFormat &= ~ios::oct;  // Ensure oct bit is NOT set
	                             // Mode is now "nnnn.nn nnnn.nni"
cout.flags(newFormat);
cout << "\nThe cout format flags are set to: " << newFormat << endl;[code]

Thanks,

Sean