std::reverse_iterator<Iter>::reverse_iterator

 

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std::reverse_iterator

Member functions

reverse_iterator::reverse_iterator

reverse_iterator::operator=

reverse_iterator::base

reverse_iterator::operator*reverse_iterator::operator->

reverse_iterator::operator[]

reverse_iterator::operator++reverse_iterator::operator+reverse_iterator::operator+=reverse_iterator::operator--reverse_iterator::operator-reverse_iterator::operator-=

Non-member functions

operator==operator!=operator<operator<=operator>operator>=operator<=> (C++20)

operator+

operator-

iter_move (C++20)

iter_swap (C++20)

make_reverse_iterator (C++14)

 

reverse_iterator();	(1)	(constexpr since C++17)
explicit reverse_iterator( iterator_type x );	(2)	(constexpr since C++17)
template< class U > reverse_iterator( const reverse_iterator<U>& other );	(3)	(constexpr since C++17)

Constructs a new reverse_iterator.

Overload	current
(1)	value-initialized
(2)	initialized with x
(3)	initialized with other.current

3) The converting constructor.

This overload participates in overload resolution only if std::is_same_v<U, Iter> is false and std::convertible_to<const U&, Iter> is modeled.

(since C++20)

Parameters

x	-	iterator to adapt
other	-	iterator adaptor to copy

Example

Run this code

#include <cassert>
#include <concepts>
#include <iterator>
#include <vector>
 
int main()
{
    std::vector v{0, 1, 2, 3, 4};
 
    using ReverseIt = std::reverse_iterator<std::vector<int>::const_iterator>;
 
    ReverseIt i1; // overload (1)
    i1 = v.crbegin();
    assert(*i1 == 4);
 
    ReverseIt i2(i1); // overload (2)
    assert(i2[0] == 4);
 
    int x[]{1, 2, 3};
    auto i3 = std::reverse_iterator<int*>(x + std::size(x)); // overload (1)
    i3[0] = -3;
    assert(x[2] == -3);
    std::reverse_iterator<int const*> i4(i3); // overload (3): int => const int
    static_assert(std::convertible_to<decltype(i3)::value_type,
                                      decltype(i4)::value_type>);
    // i4[0] = 5; // Error: assignment of read-only location
}

Defect reports

The following behavior-changing defect reports were applied retroactively to previously published C++ standards.

DR	Applied to	Behavior as published	Correct behavior
LWG 235	C++98	the effect of overload (1) was not specified	specified
LWG 1012	C++98	overload (1) default-initialized current	it is value-initialized
LWG 3435	C++20	overload (3) was not constrained	constrained

See also

operator=	assigns another iterator adaptor (public member function)
make_reverse_iterator (C++14)	creates a std::reverse_iterator of type inferred from the argument (function template)