std::end,std::cend (3) Linux Manual Page
std::end,std::cend – std::end,std::cend
Synopsis
Defined in header<iterator>
template <class C>
(since C++ 11)
auto end(C &c) -> decltype(c.end());
(until C++ 17)
template <class C>
(since C++ 17)
constexpr auto end(C &c) -> decltype(c.end());
template <class C>
(since C++ 11)
auto end(const C &c) -> decltype(c.end());
(until C++ 17)
template <class C>
(since C++ 17)
constexpr auto end(const C &c) -> decltype(c.end());
(1)
template <class T, std::size_t N>
(since C++ 11)
T *end(T (&array)[N]);
(1)(until C++ 14)
template <class T, std::size_t N>
(since C++ 14)
constexpr T *end(T (&array)[N]) noexcept;
(2)
template <class C>
constexpr auto cend(const C &c) noexcept(/* see below */)(3)(since C++ 14)
-> decltype(std::end(c));
Returns an iterator to the end (i.e. the element after the last element) of the given container c or array array. These templates rely on C::end() having a reasonable implementation.
1) Returns exactly c.end(), which is typically an iterator one past the end of the sequence represented by c. If C is a standard Container, this returns a C::iterator when c is not const-qualified, and a C::const_iterator otherwise.
2) Returns a pointer to the end of the array array.
3) Returns exactly std::end(c), with c always treated as const-qualified. If C is a standard Container, this always returns a C::const_iterator.
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Parameters
c – a container with an end method
array – an array of arbitrary type
Return value
An iterator to the end of c or array. Note that the end of a container or array is defined as the element following the last valid element.
Exceptions
3)
noexcept specification:
noexcept(noexcept(std::end(c)))
Notes
In addition to being included in <iterator>, std::end and std::cend are guaranteed to become available if any of the following headers are included: <array>, <deque>, <forward_list>, <list>, <map>, <regex>, <set>
, <span>
(since C++20), <string>
, <string_view>
(since C++17), <unordered_map>, <unordered_set>, and <vector>.
User-defined overloads
Custom overloads of end may be provided for classes that do not expose a suitable end() member function, yet can be iterated. The following overloads are already provided by the standard library:
std::end(std::initializer_list) specializes std::end
(C++11)
std::end(std::valarray) specializes std::end
(C++11)
begin(std::filesystem::directory_iterator) (function)
end(std::filesystem::directory_iterator)
begin(std::filesystem::recursive_directory_iterator) (function)
end(std::filesystem::recursive_directory_iterator)
Similar to the use of swap (described in Swappable), typical use of the end function in generic context is an equivalent of using std::end; end(arg);, which lets both the ADL-selected overloads for user-defined types and the standard library function templates to appear in the same overload set.
template <typename Container, typename Function>
void for_each(Container &&cont, Function f)
{
using std::begin;
auto it = begin(cont);
using std::end;
auto end_it = end(cont);
while (it != end_it) {
f(*it);
++it;
}
}
Example
// Run this code
#include <iostream>
#include <vector>
#include <iterator>
#include <algorithm>
int main()
{
std::vector<int> v = {3, 1, 4};
if (std::find(std::begin(v), std::end(v), 5) != std::end(v)) {
std::cout << "found a 5 in vector v!\n";
}
int a[] = {5, 10, 15};
if (std::find(std::begin(a), std::end(a), 5) != std::end(a)) {
std::cout << "found a 5 in array a!\n";
}
}
Output:
See also
begin
cbegin returns an iterator to the beginning of a container or array
(C++11)
(C++14)
