[c++] C++ cout hex values?

std::hex gets you the hex formatting, but it is a stateful option, meaning you need to save and restore state or it will impact all future output.

Naively switching back to std::dec is only good if that's where the flags were before, which may not be the case, particularly if you're writing a library.

#include <iostream>
#include <ios>

...

std::ios_base::fmtflags f( cout.flags() );  // save flags state
std::cout << std::hex << a;
cout.flags( f );  // restore flags state

This combines Greg Hewgill's answer and info from another question.