set::const_reference

A type that provides a reference to a const element stored in a set for reading and performing const operations.

typedef typename allocator_type::const_reference const_reference;

Example

// set_const_ref.cpp
// compile with: /EHsc
#include <set>
#include <iostream>

int main( )
{
   using namespace std;
   set <int> s1;

   s1.insert( 10 );
   s1.insert( 20 );

   // Declare and initialize a const_reference &Ref1 
   // to the 1st element
   const int &Ref1 = *s1.begin( );

   cout << "The first element in the set is "
        << Ref1 << "." << endl;

   // The following line would cause an error because the 
   // const_reference cannot be used to modify the set
   // Ref1 = Ref1 + 5;
}

The first element in the set is 10.

Requirements

Header: <set>

Namespace: std

See Also

Reference

set Class

Standard Template Library