[RESOLVED] setbase not setting the base for cout

[MattInSD73]

I'm having trouble understanding why this code doesn't work. I am copying almost verbatim from msdn help for the setw iomanip library function. It should set the base for output, but it isn't.

#include <iostream>
#include <iomanip>

using namespace std;

    int paws;
    int base = 10;

    const double      d1 = 16.0;
    const double      d2 = 256.0;
    const double      d3 = 1024.0;
    const double      d4 = 4096.0;
    const double      d5 = 65536.0;


void printBases(double input)
{
    cout << "input: " << input << ", oct:" << setbase(8) << input << ", hex:" << setbase(16) << input << "\n";
}

void DisplayLongs( )
{
   cout << setbase(10);
   cout << endl << "setbase(" << base << ")" << endl;
   cout << setbase(base);
   cout << "l1 = " << d1 << endl;
   cout << "l2 = " << d2 << endl;
   cout << "l3 = " << d3 << endl;
   cout << "l4 = " << d4 << endl;
   cout << "l5 = " << d5 << endl;
}

int main()
{


    printBases(d1);
    printBases(d2);
    printBases(d3);
    printBases(d4);
    printBases(d5);

    base = 16;
    DisplayLongs();
    
    base = 8;
    DisplayLongs();
    
    base = 10;
    DisplayLongs();

    return (EXIT_SUCCESS);
}

output:

C:\My Programs\pretest3\Debug>pretest3
input: 16, oct:16, hex:16
input: 256, oct:256, hex:256
input: 1024, oct:1024, hex:1024
input: 4096, oct:4096, hex:4096
input: 65536, oct:65536, hex:65536

setbase(16)
l1 = 16
l2 = 256
l3 = 1024
l4 = 4096
l5 = 65536

setbase(8)
l1 = 16
l2 = 256
l3 = 1024
l4 = 4096
l5 = 65536

setbase(10)
l1 = 16
l2 = 256
l3 = 1024
l4 = 4096
l5 = 65536

C:\My Programs\pretest3\Debug>