std::back_insert_iterator

 

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std::back_insert_iterator

Member functions

back_insert_iterator::back_insert_iterator

back_insert_iterator::operator=

back_insert_iterator::operator*

back_insert_iterator::operator++back_insert_iterator::operator++(int)

 

Defined in header <iterator>
template< class Container > class back_insert_iterator : public std::iterator<std::output_iterator_tag, void, void, void, void>		(until C++17)
template< class Container > class back_insert_iterator;		(since C++17)

std::back_insert_iterator is a LegacyOutputIterator that appends elements to a container for which it was constructed. The container's push_back() member function is called whenever the iterator (whether dereferenced or not) is assigned to. Incrementing the std::back_insert_iterator is a no-op.

Member types

Member type	Definition
iterator_category	std::output_iterator_tag
value_type	void
difference_type	void (until C++20) std::ptrdiff_t (since C++20)
pointer	void
reference	void
container_type	Container

Member types iterator_category, value_type, difference_type, pointer and reference are required to be obtained by inheriting from std::iterator<std::output_iterator_tag, void, void, void, void>.

(until C++17)

Member functions

(constructor)	constructs a new back_insert_iterator (public member function)
operator=	inserts an object into the associated container (public member function)
operator*	no-op (public member function)
operator++operator++(int)	no-op (public member function)

Member objects

Member name	Definition
container (protected)	a pointer of type Container*

Example

Run this code

#include <algorithm>
#include <iostream>
#include <iterator>
#include <vector>

int main()
{
    std::vector<int> v;

    std::generate_n(
        std::back_insert_iterator<std::vector<int>>(v),
            // Or use std::back_inserter helper
            // Or use std::back_insert_iterator(v) C++17's syntax
        10,
        [n = 0]() mutable { return ++n; }
    );

    for (int n : v)
        std::cout << n << ' ';
    std::cout << '\n';
}

Output:

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

See also

back_inserter	creates a std::back_insert_iterator of type inferred from the argument (function template)
front_insert_iterator	iterator adaptor for insertion at the front of a container (class template)
insert_iterator	iterator adaptor for insertion into a container (class template)