Sometimes we need to know that, what is the current C++ standard. To get this kind of information, we can use the macro called __cplusplus. For different standards, the value of this will be like below.
Standard | __cplusplus output |
---|---|
C++ pre C++98 | 1 |
C++98 | 199711L |
C++98 + TR1 | This cannot be checked, this will be marked as C++98 |
C++11 | 201103L |
C++14 | 201402L |
C++17 | 201703L |
#include<iostream> int main() { if (__cplusplus == 201703L) std::cout << "C++17" << endl; else if (__cplusplus == 201402L) std::cout << "C++14" << endl; else if (__cplusplus == 201103L) std::cout << "C++11" << endl; else if (__cplusplus == 199711L) std::cout << "C++98" << endl; else std::cout << "pre-standard C++" << endl; }
C++98