NAME¶

std::uninitialized_copy_n - std::uninitialized_copy_n

Synopsis¶

Defined in header <memory>
template< class InputIt, class Size, class NoThrowForwardIt >
NoThrowForwardIt uninitialized_copy_n( InputIt first, Size count, (1) (since C++11)
NoThrowForwardIt d_first );
template< class ExecutionPolicy, class ForwardIt, class Size,
class NoThrowForwardIt >

NoThrowForwardIt uninitialized_copy_n( ExecutionPolicy&& policy, (2) (since C++17)
ForwardIt first, Size count,

NoThrowForwardIt d_first );

1) Copies count elements from a range beginning at first to an uninitialized memory
area beginning at d_first as if by

for ( ; n > 0; ++d_first, (void) ++first, --n)
::new (/*VOIDIFY*/(*d_first))
typename std::iterator_traits<NoThrowForwardIt>::value_type(*first);

where /*VOIDIFY*/(e) is:

static_cast<void*>(std::addressof(e)) (until C++20)
const_cast<void*>(static_cast<const volatile (since C++20)
void*>(std::addressof(e)))

If an exception is thrown during the initialization, the objects already constructed
are destroyed in an unspecified order.
2) Same as (1), but executed according to policy. This overload does not participate
in overload resolution unless
std::is_execution_policy_v<std::decay_t<ExecutionPolicy>>
(until C++20)
std::is_execution_policy_v<std::remove_cvref_t<ExecutionPolicy>>
(since C++20) is true.

Parameters¶

first - the beginning of the range of the elements to copy
count - the number of elements to copy
d_first - the beginning of the destination range
policy - the execution policy to use. See execution policy for
details.

Type requirements¶

-
InputIt must meet the requirements of LegacyInputIterator.
-
ForwardIt must meet the requirements of LegacyForwardIterator.
-
NoThrowForwardIt must meet the requirements of LegacyForwardIterator.
-
No increment, assignment, comparison, or indirection through valid instances of
NoThrowForwardIt may throw exceptions.

Return value¶

Iterator to the element past the last element copied.

Complexity¶

Linear in count.

Exceptions¶

The overload with a template parameter named ExecutionPolicy reports errors as
follows:

* If execution of a function invoked as part of the algorithm throws an exception
and ExecutionPolicy is one of the standard policies, std::terminate is called.
For any other ExecutionPolicy, the behavior is implementation-defined.
* If the algorithm fails to allocate memory, std::bad_alloc is thrown.

Possible implementation¶

template<class InputIt, class Size, class NoThrowForwardIt> NoThrowForwardIt uninitialized_copy_n(InputIt first, Size count, NoThrowForwardIt d_first) {
using T = typename std::iterator_traits<NoThrowForwardIt>::value_type;
NoThrowForwardIt current = d_first;
try {
for (; count > 0; ++first, (void) ++current, --count) {
::new (const_cast<void*>(static_cast<const volatile void*>(
std::addressof(*current)))) T(*first);
}
} catch (...) {
for (; d_first != current; ++d_first) {
d_first->~T();
}
throw;
}
return current; }

Example¶

// Run this code

#include <algorithm>
#include <iostream>
#include <memory>
#include <string>
#include <tuple>
#include <vector>

int main()
{
std::vector<std::string> v = {"This", "is", "an", "example"};

std::string* p;
std::size_t sz;
std::tie(p, sz) = std::get_temporary_buffer<std::string>(v.size());
sz = std::min(sz, v.size());

std::uninitialized_copy_n(v.begin(), sz, p);

for (std::string* i = p; i != p+sz; ++i) {
std::cout << *i << ' ';
i->~basic_string<char>();
}
std::return_temporary_buffer(p);
}

Output:¶

This is an example

See also¶

copies a range of objects to an uninitialized area of
uninitialized_copy memory
(function template)
ranges::uninitialized_copy_n copies a number of objects to an uninitialized area of
(C++20) memory
(niebloid)