From: "Harry Hiratos" <harrydhh AT ozemail DOT com DOT au>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Question about the puts command in C++
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I have written a program which includes the following lines:

Employee Sarah;
    cout << "Her salary is : " << Sarah.getMessage();

where Sarah is an object of class Employee. The function getMessage is
defined inline as follows:

char getMessage() { puts( message ); }

When I run this program, it prints the words "Her salary is : " on the line
immediately after the output of getMessage, instead of before it on the same
line.

Can someone explain to me why this happens, as I have not been able to find
an answer in my C++ text books?

Regards Harry