std::span<T,Extent>::data

 

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std::span

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span::span

span::operator=

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span::front

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span::operator[]

span::data

Iterators

span::beginspan::cbegin (C++23)

span::endspan::cend (C++23)

span::rbeginspan::crbegin (C++23)

span::rendspan::crend (C++23)

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span::empty

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span::size_bytes

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span::first

span::last

span::subspan

Non-member functions

as_bytesas_writable_bytes

Non-member constant

dynamic_extent

Deduction guides

 

constexpr pointer data() const noexcept;		(since C++20)

Returns a pointer to the beginning of the sequence.

Return value

A pointer to the beginning of the sequence.

Example

Run this code

#include <iostream>
#include <span>
 
int main()
{
    constexpr char str[] = "ABCDEF\n";
 
    const std::span sp{str};
 
    for (auto n{sp.size()}; n != 2; --n)
        std::cout << sp.last(n).data();
}

Output:

ABCDEF
BCDEF
CDEF
DEF
EF
F

See also

(constructor)

constructs a span (public member function)