std::inplace_vector<T,N>:: assign

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constexpr void assign ( size_type count, const T & value ) ;
(1) (since C++26)
template < class InputIt >
constexpr void assign ( InputIt first, InputIt last ) ;
(2) (since C++26)
constexpr void assign ( std:: initializer_list < T > ilist ) ;
(3) (since C++26)

Replaces the contents of the container.

1) Replaces the contents with count copies of value value .
2) Replaces the contents with copies of those in the range [ first , last ) .
If either argument is an iterator into * this , the behavior is undefined. This overload participates in overload resolution only if InputIt satisfies LegacyInputIterator .
3) Replaces the contents with the elements from ilist .

Parameters

count - the new size of the container
value - the value to initialize elements of the container with
first, last - the range to copy the elements from
ilist - std::initializer_list to copy the values from

Complexity

1) Linear in count .
2) Linear in distance between first and last .
3) Linear in ilist. size ( ) .

Exceptions

1) std::bad_alloc , if count > capacity ( ) .
2) std::bad_alloc , if std :: ranges:: distance ( first, last ) > capacity ( ) .
3) std::bad_alloc , if ilist. size ( ) > capacity ( ) .
1-3) Any exception thrown by initialization of inserted elements.

Example

The following code uses assign to add several characters to a std:: inplace_vector < char , 5 > :

#include <inplace_vector>
#include <iterator>
#include <new>
#include <print>
 
int main()
{
    std::inplace_vector<char, 5> chars;
 
    chars.assign(4, 'a'); // overload (1)
    std::println("{}", chars);
 
    const char extra[3]{'a', 'b', 'c'};
    chars.assign(std::cbegin(extra), std::cend(extra)); // overload (2)
    std::println("{}", chars);
 
    chars.assign({'C', '+', '+', '2', '6'}); // overload (3)
    std::println("{}", chars);
 
    try
    {
        chars.assign(8, 'x'); // throws: count > chars.capacity()
    }
    catch(const std::bad_alloc&) { std::println("std::bad_alloc #1"); }
 
    try
    {
        const char bad[8]{'?'}; // ranges::distance(bad) > chars.capacity()
        chars.assign(std::cbegin(bad), std::cend(bad)); // throws
    }
    catch(const std::bad_alloc&) { std::println("std::bad_alloc #2"); }
 
    try
    {
        const auto l = {'1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6'};
        chars.assign(l); // throws: l.size() > chars.capacity()
    }
    catch(const std::bad_alloc&) { std::println("std::bad_alloc #3"); }
}

Output:

['a', 'a', 'a', 'a']
['a', 'b', 'c']
['C', '+', '+', '2', '6']
std::bad_alloc #1
std::bad_alloc #2
std::bad_alloc #3

See also

assigns a range of values to the container
(public member function)
assigns values to the container
(public member function)