std::array<T,N>::empty

 

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Element access array::at array::operator[]    array::front array::back array::data Operations array::fill array::swap	Iterators array::beginarray::cbegin array::endarray::cend array::rbeginarray::crbegin    array::rendarray::crend	Capacity array::empty array::size array::max_size
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operator==operator<=> (C++20) get(std::array) swap(std::array) to_array (C++20)	operator|=operator<operator>operator<=operator>= (until C++20)(until C++20)(until C++20)(until C++20)(until C++20)
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constexpr bool empty() const noexcept;		(since C++11)

Checks if the container has no elements, i.e. whether begin() == end().

Parameters

(none)

Return value

true if the container is empty, false otherwise.

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Constant.

Example

The following code uses empty to check if a std::array contains any elements:

Run this code

#include <array>
#include <iostream>
 
int main()
{
    std::array<int, 4> numbers{3, 1, 4, 1};
    std::array<int, 0> no_numbers;
 
    std::cout << std::boolalpha;
    std::cout << "numbers.empty(): " << numbers.empty() << '\n';
    std::cout << "no_numbers.empty(): " << no_numbers.empty() << '\n';
}

Output:

numbers.empty(): false
no_numbers.empty(): true

See also

size	returns the number of elements (public member function)
empty (C++17)	checks whether the container is empty (function template)