std::basic_format_context

 

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formatter (C++20)

basic_format_parse_contextformat_parse_contextwformat_parse_context (C++20)(C++20)(C++20)

basic_format_contextformat_contextwformat_context (C++20)(C++20)(C++20)

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Defined in header <format>
template<class OutputIt, class CharT> class basic_format_context;	(1)	(since C++20)
using format_context = basic_format_context</* unspecified */, char>;	(2)	(since C++20)
using wformat_context = basic_format_context</* unspecified */, wchar_t>;	(3)	(since C++20)

Provides access to formatting state consisting of the formatting arguments and the output iterator.

The behavior is undefined if OutputIt does not model std::output_iterator<const CharT&>.

2) The unspecified template argument is an output iterator that appends to std::string, such as std::back_insert_iterator<std::string>. Implementations are encouraged to use an iterator to type-erased buffer type that supports appending to any contiguous and resizable container.

3) The unspecified template argument is an output iterator that appends to std::wstring.

Member types

Type	Definition
iterator	OutputIt
char_type	CharT

Member alias templates

Type	Definition
formatter_type<T>	std::formatter<T, CharT>

Member functions

arg	returns the argument at the given index (public member function)
locale	returns the locale used for locale-specific formatting (public member function)
out	returns the iterator to output buffer (public member function)
advance_to	advances the output iterator to the given position (public member function)

std::basic_format_context::arg

std::basic_format_arg<basic_format_context> arg(std::size_t id) const;

Returns a std::basic_format_arg holding the id-th argument in args, where args is the parameter pack or std::basic_format_args object passed to the formatting function.

If id is not less than the number of formatting arguments, returns a default-constructed std::basic_format_arg (holding a std::monostate object).

std::basic_format_context::locale

std::locale locale();

Returns the locale passed to the formatting function, or a default-constructed std::locale if the formatting function does not take a locale.

std::basic_format_context::out

iterator out();

Returns the iterator to the output buffer.

std::basic_format_context::advance_to

void advance_to(iterator it);

Sets the output iterator to it. After a call to advance_to, subsequent calls to out() will return a copy of it.