std::ranges::view_interface<D>::data

 

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Ranges library

Range access begin cbegin   end cend rbegin crbegin   rend crend size ssize   data cdata empty

Range conversions std::from_range_t std::from_range (C++23)(C++23)     to (C++23)

Dangling iterator handling dangling borrowed_iterator_t borrowed_subrange_t

Range primitives
range_size_trange_difference_trange_value_t elements_of (C++23)	iterator_tconst_iterator_tsentinel_tconst_sentinel_t (C++23)(C++23)	range_reference_trange_const_reference_trange_rvalue_reference_trange_common_reference_t (C++23)

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	constant_range (C++23)

Views
view_interface	subrange

Range factories
empty_viewviews::empty	single_viewviews::single	basic_istream_viewviews::istream	iota_viewviews::iota	repeat_viewviews::repeat (C++23)(C++23)

Range adaptors
views::all_tviews::all ref_view owning_view as_rvalue_viewviews::as_rvalue (C++23)(C++23)   filter_viewviews::filter transform_viewviews::transform take_viewviews::take take_while_viewviews::take_while concat_viewviews::concat (C++26)(C++26)	drop_viewviews::drop drop_while_viewviews::drop_while join_viewviews::join join_with_viewviews::join_with (C++23)(C++23)   lazy_split_viewviews::lazy_split split_viewviews::split views::counted common_viewviews::common	reverse_viewviews::reverse as_const_viewviews::as_const (C++23)(C++23) elements_viewviews::elements keys_viewviews::keys values_viewviews::values enumerate_viewviews::enumerate (C++23)(C++23) zip_viewviews::zip (C++23)(C++23) zip_transform_viewviews::zip_transform (C++23)(C++23)	adjacent_viewviews::adjacent (C++23)(C++23) views::pairwise (C++23) adjacent_transform_viewviews::adjacent_transform (C++23)(C++23) views::pairwise_transform (C++23) chunk_viewviews::chunk (C++23)(C++23) slide_viewviews::slide (C++23)(C++23) chunk_by_viewviews::chunk_by (C++23)(C++23) stride_viewviews::stride (C++23)(C++23) cartesian_product_viewviews::cartesian_product (C++23)(C++23)

Range generators std::generator (C++23)

Range adaptor closure objects range_adaptor_closure (C++23)

Range adaptor objects

Helper items
copyable-box movable-box (until C++23)  (C++23)	simple-view non-propagating-cache

 

std::ranges::view_interface

Member functions

empty

cbegin (C++23)

cend (C++23)

operator bool

data

size

front

back

operator[]

 

constexpr auto data()     requires std::contiguous_iterator<ranges::iterator_t<D>>;	(1)	(since C++20)
constexpr auto data() const     requires ranges::range<const D> &&         std::contiguous_iterator<ranges::iterator_t<const D>>;	(2)	(since C++20)

The default implementation of data() member function obtains the address denoted by the beginning iterator via std::to_address, which is also the lowest address of the contiguous storage (implied by contiguous_iterator) referenced by the view of the derived type when the view is not empty.

1) Let derived be static_cast<D&>(*this). Equivalent to return std::to_address(ranges::begin(derived));.

2) Same as (1), except that derived is static_cast<const D&>(*this).

Parameters

(none)

Return value

The address denoted by the beginning iterator.

Notes

Following derived types may use the default implementation of data():

• std::ranges::common_view
• std::ranges::drop_view
• std::ranges::drop_while_view
• std::ranges::ref_view
• std::ranges::subrange
• std::ranges::take_view
• std::ranges::take_while_view

Following types are derived from std::ranges::view_interface and do not declare their own data() member function, but they cannot use the default implementation, because their iterator types never satisfy contiguous_iterator:

• std::ranges::basic_istream_view
• std::ranges::elements_view
• std::ranges::filter_view
• std::ranges::iota_view
• std::ranges::join_view
• std::ranges::lazy_split_view
• std::ranges::reverse_view
• std::ranges::split_view
• std::ranges::transform_view

Example

Run this code

#include <array>
#include <iostream>
#include <ranges>
#include <string_view>
 
int main() {
    constexpr std::string_view str { "Hello, C++20!" };
    std::cout << (str | std::views::drop(7)).data() << '\n';
    constexpr static std::array a { 1,2,3,4,5 };
    constexpr auto v { a | std::views::take(3) };
    static_assert( &a[0] == v.data() );
}

Output:

C++20!

See also

data (C++17)	obtains the pointer to the underlying array (function template)
ranges::data (C++20)	obtains a pointer to the beginning of a contiguous range (customization point object)
ranges::cdata (C++20)	obtains a pointer to the beginning of a read-only contiguous range (customization point object)
to_address (C++20)	obtains a raw pointer from a pointer-like type (function template)