<array> functions

The <array> header includes two non-member functions, get and swap, that operate on array objects.

get

Returns a reference to the specified element of the array.

template <int Index, class T, size_t N>
constexpr T& get(array<T, N>& arr) noexcept;

template <int Index, class T, size_t N>
constexpr const T& get(const array<T, N>& arr) noexcept;

template <int Index, class T, size_t N>
constexpr T&& get(array<T, N>&& arr) noexcept;

Parameters

Index
The element offset.

T
The type of an element.

N
The number of elements in the array.

arr
The array to select from.

Example

#include <array>
#include <iostream>

using namespace std;

typedef array<int, 4> MyArray;

int main()
{
    MyArray c0 { 0, 1, 2, 3 };

    // display contents " 0 1 2 3"
    for (const auto& e : c0)
    {
        cout << " " << e;
    }
    cout << endl;

    // display odd elements " 1 3"
    cout << " " << get<1>(c0);
    cout << " " << get<3>(c0) << endl;
}

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1 3

swap

A non-member template specialization of std::swap that swaps two array objects.

template <class Ty, std::size_t N>
void swap(array<Ty, N>& left, array<Ty, N>& right);

Parameters

Ty
The type of an element.

N
The size of the array.

left
The first array to swap.

right
The second array to swap.

Remarks

The template function executes left.swap(right).

Example

// std__array__swap.cpp
// compile with: /EHsc
#include <array>
#include <iostream>

typedef std::array<int, 4> Myarray;
int main()
{
    Myarray c0 = { 0, 1, 2, 3 };

    // display contents " 0 1 2 3"
    for (Myarray::const_iterator it = c0.begin();
        it != c0.end(); ++it)
        std::cout << " " << *it;
    std::cout << std::endl;

    Myarray c1 = { 4, 5, 6, 7 };
    c0.swap(c1);

    // display swapped contents " 4 5 6 7"
    for (Myarray::const_iterator it = c0.begin();
        it != c0.end(); ++it)
        std::cout << " " << *it;
    std::cout << std::endl;

    swap(c0, c1);

    // display swapped contents " 0 1 2 3"
    for (Myarray::const_iterator it = c0.begin();
        it != c0.end(); ++it)
        std::cout << " " << *it;
    std::cout << std::endl;

    return (0);
}

0 1 2 3
4 5 6 7
0 1 2 3

See also

<array>