std::span<T,Extent>::front - cppreference.com (original) (raw)

| constexpr reference front() const; | | (since C++20) | | ---------------------------------- | | ------------- |

Returns a reference to the first element in the span.

If empty() is true, the behavior is undefined. (until C++26)
If empty() is true: If the implementation is hardened, a contract violation occurs. Moreover, if the contract-violation handler returns under “observe” evaluation semantic, the behavior is undefined. If the implementation is not hardened, the behavior is undefined. (since C++26)

[edit] Return value

A reference to the first element.

[edit] Complexity

Constant.

[edit] Notes

For a span c, the expression c.front() is equivalent to *c.begin().

[edit] Example

#include #include   void print(std::span const data) { for (auto offset{0U}; offset != data.size(); ++offset) std::cout << data.subspan(offset).front() << ' '; std::cout << '\n'; }   int main() { constexpr int data[]{0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6}; print({data, 4}); }

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[edit] See also

| | access the last element (public member function) [edit] | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |