std::ranges::view_interface<D>::front

 

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Ranges library

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begin cbegin end cend	rbegin crbegin rend crend	size ssize data cdata	empty
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iterator_tsentinel_t	range_size_trange_difference_t	range_reference_trange_rvalue_reference_t	range_value_t
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dangling	borrowed_iterator_t	borrowed_subrange_t
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range borrowed_range    sized_range	common_range view viewable_range	input_range output_range forward_range	bidirectional_range random_access_range contiguous_range
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empty_viewviews::empty	single_viewviews::single	iota_viewviews::iota	basic_istream_viewviews::istream
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views::all_tviews::all ref_view owning_view common_viewviews::common reverse_viewviews::reverse views::counted zip_viewviews::zip (C++23)(C++23)	take_viewviews::take take_while_viewviews::take_while drop_viewviews::drop drop_while_viewviews::drop_while zip_transform_viewviews::zip_transform (C++23)(C++23)	elements_viewviews::elements keys_viewviews::keys values_viewviews::values transform_viewviews::transform adjacent_viewviews::adjacent (C++23)(C++23)	filter_viewviews::filter join_viewviews::join split_viewviews::split lazy_split_viewviews::lazy_split adjacent_transform_viewviews::adjacent_transform (C++23)(C++23)
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copyable-box	simple-view

 

std::ranges::view_interface

Member functions

empty (C++20)

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data (C++20)

size (C++20)

front (C++20)

back (C++20)

operator[] (C++20)

 

constexpr decltype(auto) front()     requires ranges::forward_range<D>;	(1)	(since C++20)
constexpr decltype(auto) front() const     requires ranges::forward_range<const D>;	(2)	(since C++20)

The default implementation of front() member function returns the first element in the view of the derived type. Whether the element is returned by value or by reference depends on the operator* of the iterator type.

1) Let derived be static_cast<D&>(*this). Equivalent to return *ranges::begin(derived);. The behavior is undefined if empty() is true (i.e. the beginning iterator compares equal to the sentinel), even if the iterator obtained in the same way is dereferenceable.

2) Same as (1), except that derived is static_cast<const D&>(*this).

Parameters

(none)

Return value

The first element in the view.

Notes

In C++20, no type derived from std::ranges::view_interface in the standard library provides their own front() member function. Almost all of these types use the default implementation.

A notable exception is std::ranges::basic_istream_view. For it never satisfies forward_range, the view cannot use the inherited front().

The inherited front() member function is available for std::ranges::empty_view , but a call to it always results in undefined behavior.

See also

begincbegin (C++11)(C++14)	returns an iterator to the beginning of a container or array (function template)
ranges::begin (C++20)	returns an iterator to the beginning of a range (customization point object)
ranges::cbegin (C++20)	returns an iterator to the beginning of a read-only range (customization point object)