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std::ranges::iota, std::ranges::iota_result

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Defined in header <numeric>
Call signature
template< std::input_or_output_iterator O, std::sentinel_for<O> S,
          std::weakly_incrementable T >
    requires std::indirectly_writable<O, const T&>
constexpr ranges::iota_result<O, T>
    iota( O first, S last, T value );
(1) (since C++23)
template< std::weakly_incrementable T, ranges::output_range<const T&> R >
constexpr ranges::iota_result<ranges::borrowed_iterator_t<R>, T>
    iota( R&& r, T value );
(2) (since C++23)
Helper types
template< class O, class T >
using iota_result = ranges::out_value_result<O, T>;
(3) (since C++23)

Fills the target range [first, last) or r with sequentially increasing values, starting with value and repetitively evaluating ++value.

Equivalent operation (assuming ++value returns the incremented value):

*(first)     = value;
*(first + 1) = ++value;
*(first + 2) = ++value;
*(first + 3) = ++value;
// repeats until “last” is reached

Parameters

first, last - the iterator-sentinel pair defining the target range
value - initial value to fill

Return value

A ranges::iota_result object where:

  • The data member out holds the past-the-end iterator of the target range.
  • The data member value holds the result of value being incremented ranges::distance(first, last) or ranges::distance(r) times.

Complexity

Given N as ranges::distance(first, last) or ranges::distance(r):

1,2) Exactly N increments and assignments.

Notes

The function is named after the integer function ⍳ from the programming language APL.

Feature-test macro Value Std Feature
__cpp_lib_ranges_iota 202202L (C++23) std::ranges::iota

Possible implementation

struct iota_fn
{
    template<std::input_or_output_iterator O, std::sentinel_for<O> S,
             std::weakly_incrementable T>
        requires std::indirectly_writable<O, const T&>
    constexpr iota_result<O, T> operator()(O first, S last, T value) const
    {
        while (first != last)
        {
            *first = as_const(value);
            ++first;
            ++value;
        }
        return {std::move(first), std::move(value)};
    }
    
    template<ranges::range R>
    constexpr auto get_end(R&& r)
    {
        return ranges::end(r);
    }
    
    template<ranges::forward_range R>
    constexpr auto get_end(R&& r)
    {
        return ranges::next(ranges::begin(r), ranges::end(r));
    }
    
    template<std::weakly_incrementable T, ranges::output_range<const T&> R>
    constexpr iota_result<ranges::borrowed_iterator_t<R>, T>
    operator()(R&& r, T value) const
    {
        return (*this)(ranges::begin(r), get_end(r), std::move(value));
    }
};
 
inline constexpr iota_fn iota;

Example

Uses the vector of iterators (std::vector<std::list<T>::iterator>) as a proxy to shuffle the elements of the std::list, because ranges::shuffle cannot be applied to the std::list directly.

#include <algorithm>
#include <functional>
#include <list>
#include <numeric>
#include <print>
#include <random>
#include <ranges>
#include <vector>

int main()
{
    std::list<int> list(8);
    
    // Fill the list with ascending values: 0, 1, 2, ..., 7
    std::ranges::iota(list, 0);
    std::println("List: {}", list);
    
    // A vector of iterators (see the comment to Example)
    std::vector<std::list<int>::iterator> vec(list.size());
    
    // Fill with iterators to consecutive list's elements
    std::ranges::iota(vec.begin(), vec.end(), list.begin());
    
    std::ranges::shuffle(vec, std::mt19937{std::random_device {}()});
    std::println("List viewed via vector: {}", vec |
                 std::views::transform([](auto it) { return *it; }));
}

Possible output:

List: [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
List viewed via vector: [6, 7, 5, 3, 1, 0, 2, 4]

See also

(C++11)
fills a range with successive increments of the starting value
(function template) [edit]
copy-assigns the given value to every element in a range
(function template & algorithm function object)[edit]
assigns the results of successive function calls to every element in a range
(function template & algorithm function object)[edit]
a view consisting of a sequence generated by repeatedly incrementing an initial value
(class template) (customization point object)[edit]
a view that generates a sequence of increasing values from 0 up to n
(customization point object)[edit]