It is a header file which contains utilities in unrelated domains.
- Pairs: Theses are the objects which can hold two different types of values.
- Generic Relational Approach: It is used for the relational operators !=, >, = under a specific namespace: rel_ops.
- Generic swap function: This a standard definition used by default by the components of the standard library for all types that do not provide their own overload: swap.
Functions:
- swap: It exchanges the value of two objects.
// CPP program to illustrate
// the use of swap function
#include <iostream>
#include <utility>
using
namespace
std;
// Driver Program
int
main ()
{
// a: _ _ _ _ (empty array in beginning)
int
a[4];
// Initializing, a: _ _ _ _ & b: 10 20 30 40
int
b[] = {10, 20, 30, 40};
// After swapping, a: 10 20 30 40 & b: _ _ _ _
swap(a, b);
cout <<
"a contains:"
;
for
(
int
i; i<4;i++)
cout << a[i]<<endl;
return
0;
}
chevron_rightfilter_noneOutput:
a contains:10 20 30 40
- make_pair: It constructs a pair with its first element set to x and its second element set to y.
// CPP program to illustrate
// the use of make_pair
#include <utility>
#include <iostream>
using
namespace
std;
// Driver program
int
main ()
{
// Initializing the pair with int type
pair <
int
,
int
> a;
pair <
int
,
int
> b;
// Use of the make_pair function
a = make_pair (10, 20);
// It's ok to write like this as implicit
// conversion takes place from pair<double, char>
b = make_pair (15.5,
'B'
);
// Printing the fist and second values of the pair
cout <<
"a: "
<< a.first <<
", "
<< a.second << endl;
cout <<
"b: "
<< b.first <<
", "
<< b.second << endl;
return
0;
}
chevron_rightfilter_noneOutput:
a: 10, 20 b: 15, 66
- move: It moves as rvalue. move is used to indicate that an object may be “moved from”, i.e. allowing the transfer of resources from an object(to be moved) to another object.
// CPP program to illustrate
// the use of move
#include <utility>
#include <iostream>
#include <vector>
#include <string>
using
namespace
std;
// Driver Program
int
main ()
{
string s =
"Hello!!"
;
string s1 =
"I am a geek."
;
vector<string> gfg;
// It copies 's' in gfg
gfg.push_back (s);
// It moves 's1' in the gfg(containing 's')
gfg.push_back (move(s1));
cout <<
"gfg contains:"
;
for
(
int
i=0;i< gfg.size(); i++)
cout <<
' '
<< gfg[i];
cout<<endl;
return
0;
}
chevron_rightfilter_noneOutput:
gfg contains: Hello!! I am a geek.
- move (range of elements): It moves the elements in the range [first, last) into the range beginning at result.
After this operation the elements in the moved-from range will still contain valid values of the appropriate type, but not necessarily the same values as before the move.// CPP program to
// Illustrate the use of vector
// move range of elements
#include <iostream>
// for move (ranges)
#include <algorithm>
// for move (objects)
#include <utility>
#include <vector>
#include <string>
using
namespace
std;
// Driver program
int
main ()
{
vector<string> string1 = {
"Hello!"
,
"I"
,
"am"
,
"a"
,
"geek"
};
vector<string> string2 (5);
// moving ranges:
cout <<
"Moving ranges...\n"
;
// use of move i.e.it moves from first to last element in
// string 1 to the string2 from it's(string 2) starting
move ( string1.begin(), string1.begin()+5, string2.begin() );
cout <<
"string1 contains "
<< string1.size()
<<
" elements\n"
;
cout <<
"string2 contains "
<< string2.size()
<<
" elements(after moving):"
;
for
(
int
i=0; i<string2.size(); i++)
cout << string2[i] <<
" "
;
cout << endl;
return
0;
}
chevron_rightfilter_noneOutput:
Moving ranges... string1 contains 5 elements string2 contains 5 elements(after moving):Hello! I am a geek
- move_if_noexcept: It obtains an rvalue reference to its argument if its move constructor does not throw exceptions, otherwise obtains an lvalue reference to its argument.
// CPP program to illustrate
// the use of move_if_noexcept
#include<iostream>
#include<utility>
using
namespace
std;
struct
Bad
{
Bad() {}
// may throw
Bad(Bad&&)
{
cout <<
"Throwing move constructor called"
<<endl;
}
// may throw as well
Bad(
const
Bad&)
{
cout <<
"Throwing copy constructor called"
<<endl;
}
};
struct
Good
{
Good() {}
// will NOT throw
Good(Good&&) noexcept
{
cout <<
"Non-throwing move constructor called"
<<endl;
}
// will NOT throw
Good(
const
Good&) noexcept
{
cout <<
"Non-throwing copy constructor called"
<<endl;
}
};
// Driver Program
int
main()
{
Good g;
Bad b;
Good g2 = move_if_noexcept(g);
Bad b2 = move_if_noexcept(b);
}
chevron_rightfilter_noneOutput:
Non-throwing move constructor called Throwing copy constructor called
- decval: It returns an rvalue reference without referring to any object.
This function selects the type of an argument as an rvalue reference if its move constructor never throw, or alternativelly, as an lvalue reference if the type is copy-constructible. If the type is neither, the function returns an rvalue, which will be selected for move-only types (even if they may throw).
Some operations can be implemented both by moving or by copying objects, generally moving for rvalues and copying for lvalues: Moving is generally a more efficient operation than copying when the object is no longer needed (such as rvalues).// CPP program to illustrate
// the use of declval
#include <utility>
#include <iostream>
using
namespace
std;
//class
struct
A
{
virtual
int
value() = 0;
};
// Class with constructor
class
B :
public
A
{
int
val_;
public
:
B(
int
i,
int
j):val_(i*j){}
int
value()
{
return
val_;
}
};
// Driver Program
int
main()
{
// int a
decltype
(declval<A>().value()) a;
// int b
decltype
(declval<B>().value()) b;
//same as constructor
a = b = B(100, 20).value();
cout << a << endl;
return
0;
}
chevron_rightfilter_noneOutput:
2000
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