stream classes

hi all

v know that stream are byte oriented while reader/writer are character oriented! what does it exactly mean?Is there any difference in working?

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it means that when we are using binary stream classess the data actually store in bytes format while in character stream the data stores in character format
e.g. if u r storing 23456 of int type by using binary stream classess it occupies 4 bytes of memory while the same data 23456 occupies 10 bytes of memory in character stream classes in the notation '2' '3' '4' '5' '6'

hi glimpsing...


thanx for ur explaiantion!But u told me the diffference which i think is internal(means not known to layman ).Can u plz tell me is there any difference which a user can see in o/p, or say may be which is faster etc...



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hi kalayama

Please say something on this topic! What you know about it etc.PLEASE if possible explain it in a simple way!I have always been in mess whenever i have used Stream classes!

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