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C++ streams provide a unified interface for IO and data formatting! The two operators within the C-Aware IDE V.5 are the extraction operator and the insertion operator. The '>>' operator is used for formatted extractions while and the '<<' operator is used for formatted insertions. A flexible and simple way to design the input/output routines of any application is through the use of IO streams operators. Through this example the operators show the direction of data:

• Use this example for a simple RS-232 output of a number:
  cout << "Value is " << value << endl;
• For output to an LCD the following example code is just as simple:
  lcd_putc << "Value is " << value << endl;
• Just as easily convert numbers to a string:
  string1 << value;
• Or strings to a number:
  string1 >> value;
• Parsing an input line of space delimited numbers is as easy as:
  cin >> value1 >> value2 >> value3;
  Of course integers, floats, int1's and more can be used just as easily as values.
• Many manipulators are available. For example to output the value in hex use this example:
  cout << "Value is " << hex << value << endl;