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std::ranges::fill

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(C++17)
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(C++17)

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(C++11)    

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(on partitioned ranges)
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(C++11)
(C++17)
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Constrained algorithms
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Fold operations (Helper templates)
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Return types
 
Defined in header <algorithm>
Call signature
template< class T, std::output_iterator<const T&> O, std::sentinel_for<O> S >
constexpr O fill( O first, S last, const T& value );
(1) (since C++20)
(until C++26)
template< class O, std::sentinel_for<O> S, class T = std::iter_value_t<O> >
    requires std::output_iterator<O, const T&>
constexpr O fill( O first, S last, const T& value );
(since C++26)
template< class T, ranges::output_range<const T&> R >
constexpr ranges::borrowed_iterator_t<R> fill( R&& r, const T& value );
(2) (since C++20)
(until C++26)
template< class R, class T = ranges::range_value_t<R> >
    requires ranges::output_range<R, const T&>
constexpr ranges::borrowed_iterator_t<R> fill( R&& r, const T& value );
(since C++26)
template< /*execution-policy*/ Ep,
          std::random_access_iterator O, std::sized_sentinel_for<O> S,
          class T = std::iter_value_t<O> >
    requires std::indirectly_writable<O, const T&>
O fill( Ep&& policy, O first, S last, const T& value );
(3) (since C++26)
template< /*execution-policy*/ Ep,
          /*sized-random-access-range*/ R,
          class T = ranges::range_value_t<R> >
    requires std::indirectly_writable<ranges::iterator_t<R>, const T&>
ranges::borrowed_iterator_t<R> fill( Ep&& policy, R&& r, const T& value );
(4) (since C++26)

For the definition of /*execution-policy*/, see this page; for the definition of /*sized-random-access-range*/, see this page.

1,2) Assigns value to all elements in the target range [firstlast) or r.
3,4) Same as (1,2), but executed according to policy.

The function-like entities described on this page are algorithm function objects (informally known as niebloids), that is:

Parameters

first, last - the pair of iterators defining the target range
r - the target range
value - the value to be assigned
policy - the execution policy to use

Return value

The past-the-end iterator of the source range.

Complexity

Given N as ranges::distance(first, last) or ranges::distance(r):

1-4) Exactly N assignments.

Exceptions

3,4) During the execution process:
  • If the temporary memory resources required for parallelization are not available, std::bad_alloc is thrown.
  • If an uncaught exception is thrown while accessing objects via an algorithm argument, the behavior is determined by the execution policy (for standard policies, std::terminate is invoked).

Possible implementation

struct fill_fn
{
    template<class O, std::sentinel_for<O> S, class T = std::iter_value_t<O>>
    requires std::output_iterator<O, const T&>
    constexpr O operator()(O first, S last, const T& value) const
    {
        while (first != last)
            *first++ = value;
        
        return first;
    }
    
    template<class R, class T = ranges::range_value_t<R>>
        requires ranges::output_range<R, const T&>
    constexpr ranges::borrowed_iterator_t<R> operator()(R&& r, const T& value) const
    {
        return (*this)(ranges::begin(r), ranges::end(r), value);
    }
    
    template<ranges::forward_range R, class T = ranges::range_value_t<R>>
        requires ranges::output_range<R, const T&>
    constexpr ranges::borrowed_iterator_t<R> operator()(R&& r, const T& value) const
    {
        return (*this)(ranges::begin(r),
                       ranges::next(ranges::begin(r), ranges::end(r)),
                       value);
    }
};

inline constexpr fill_fn fill;

Notes

Feature-test macro Value Std Feature
__cpp_lib_algorithm_default_value_type 202403 (C++26) List-initialization for algorithms (1,2)

Example

#include <algorithm>
#include <complex>
#include <iostream>
#include <vector>

void println(const auto& seq)
{
    for (const auto& e : seq)
        std::cout << e << ' ';
    std::cout << '\n';
}

int main()
{
    std::vector<int> v{0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5};
    
    // set all elements to -1 using overload (1)
    std::ranges::fill(v.begin(), v.end(), -1);
    println(v);
    
    // set all element to 10 using overload (2)
    std::ranges::fill(v, 10);
    println(v);
    
    std::vector<std::complex<double>> nums{{1, 3}, {2, 2}, {4, 8}};
    println(nums);
    #ifdef __cpp_lib_algorithm_default_value_type
        std::ranges::fill(nums, {4, 2}); // T gets deduced
    #else
        std::ranges::fill(nums, std::complex<double>{4, 2});
    #endif
    println(nums);
}

Output:

-1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1
10 10 10 10 10 10
(1,3) (2,2) (4,8)
(4,2) (4,2) (4,2)

See also

copy-assigns the given value to every element in a range
(function template) [edit]
assigns a value to a number of elements
(algorithm function object)[edit]
copies a range of elements to a new location
(algorithm function object)[edit]
saves the result of a function in a range
(algorithm function object)[edit]
applies a function to a range of elements
(algorithm function object)[edit]
fills a range with random numbers from a uniform random bit generator
(algorithm function object)[edit]