Create user-defined, nonparameterized stream manipulators: carriageReturn manipulator (using escape sequence \r) : output manipulator « Development « C++ Tutorial

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#include <iostream>
using std::ostream;
using std::cout;
using std::flush;


ostream& carriageReturn( ostream& output )
{
   return output << '\r';  // issue carriage return
}

int main()
{
   cout << carriageReturn << "-----" ;
   return 0;
}