std::ranges::cbegin

 

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Ranges library

Range access
begin cbegin end cend	rbegin crbegin rend crend	size ssize data cdata	empty
Range primitives
iterator_tsentinel_t	range_size_trange_difference_t	range_value_t	range_reference_trange_rvalue_reference_t
Dangling iterator handling
dangling	borrowed_iterator_t	borrowed_subrange_t
Range concepts
range borrowed_range sized_range	common_range view viewable_range	input_range output_range forward_range	bidirectional_range random_access_range contiguous_range
Views
view_interface	subrange
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Factories
empty_viewviews::empty	single_viewviews::single	iota_viewviews::iota	views::counted
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views::all_tviews::all join_viewviews::join take_viewviews::take basic_istream_viewistream_view	ref_view                                split_viewviews::split take_while_viewviews::take_while elements_viewviews::elements	common_viewviews::common transform_viewviews::transform drop_viewviews::drop keys_viewviews::keys	reverse_viewviews::reverse filter_viewviews::filter drop_while_viewviews::drop_while values_viewviews::values

 

Defined in header <ranges>
inline namespace /*unspecified*/ {     inline constexpr /*unspecified*/ cbegin = /*unspecified*/; }		(since C++20) (customization point object)
Call signature
template< class T >     requires /* see below */ constexpr std::input_or_output_iterator auto cbegin(T&& t);

Returns an iterator to the first element of the const-qualified argument.

Let CT be

1. const std::remove_reference_t<T>& if the argument is a lvalue (i.e. T is an lvalue reference type),
2. const T otherwise,

a call to ranges::begin is expression-equivalent to ranges::begin(static_cast<CT&&>(t)).

The return type models std::input_or_output_iterator in both cases.

Expression-equivalent

Expression e is expression-equivalent to expression f, if e and f have the same effects, either are both potentially-throwing or are both not potentially-throwing (i.e. noexcept(e) == noexcept(f)), and either are both constant subexpressions or are both not constant subexpressions.

Customization point objects

The name ranges::cbegin denotes a customization point object, which is a const function object of a literal semiregular class type (denoted, for exposition purposes, as cbegin_ftor). All instances of cbegin_ftor are equal. Thus, ranges::cbegin can be copied freely and its copies can be used interchangeably.

Given a set of types Args..., if std::declval<Args>()... meet the requirements for arguments to ranges::cbegin above, cbegin_ftor will satisfy std::invocable<const cbegin_ftor&, Args...>. Otherwise, no function call operator of cbegin_ftor participates in overload resolution.

Example

Run this code

#include <iostream>
#include <ranges>
#include <vector>
 
int main() 
{
    std::vector<int> v = { 3, 1, 4 };
    auto vi = std::ranges::cbegin(v);
    std::cout << *vi << '\n'; 
    // *vi = 42; // Error: read-only variable is not assignable
 
    int a[] = { -5, 10, 15 };
    auto ai = std::ranges::cbegin(a);
    std::cout << *ai << '\n';
    // *ai = 42; // Error: read-only variable is not assignable
}

Output:

3
-5

See also

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