std::basic_string<CharT,Traits,Allocator>:: replace_with_range

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template < container-compatible-range < CharT > R >

constexpr std:: basic_string & replace_with_range ( const_iterator first,
const_iterator last,

R && rg ) ;
(since C++23)

Replaces the characters in the range [ first , last ) with the characters from the range rg .

Equivalent to

return replace(first,
               last,
               std::basic_string(
                   std::from_range,
                   std::forward<R>(rg),
                   get_allocator())
);

Parameters

first, last - range of characters that is going to be replaced
rg - a container compatible range

Return value

* this

Complexity

Linear in size of rg .

Exceptions

If the operation would result in size ( ) > max_size ( ) , throws std::length_error .

If an exception is thrown for any reason, this function has no effect ( strong exception safety guarantee ).

Notes

Feature-test macro Value Std Feature
__cpp_lib_containers_ranges 202202L (C++23) member functions that accept container compatible range

Example

#include <algorithm>
#include <cassert>
#include <forward_list>
#include <iterator>
#include <string>
 
int main()
{
    using namespace std::literals;
 
    auto s{"Today is today!"s};
    constexpr auto today{"today"sv};
    constexpr auto tomorrow{"tomorrow's yesterday"sv};
    std::forward_list<char> rg;
    std::ranges::reverse_copy(tomorrow, std::front_inserter(rg));
 
    const auto pos{s.rfind(today)};
    assert(pos != s.npos);
    const auto first{std::next(s.begin(), pos)};
    const auto last{std::next(first, today.length())};
 
#ifdef __cpp_lib_containers_ranges
    s.replace_range(first, last, rg);
#else
    s.replace(first, last, rg.cbegin(), rg.cend());
#endif
 
    assert("Today is tomorrow's yesterday!" == s);
}

See also

replaces specified portion of a string
(public member function)