std::ranges::contiguous_range

 

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Ranges library

Range access begin cbegin   end cend rbegin crbegin   rend crend size ssize   data cdata empty

Range conversions std::from_range_t std::from_range (C++23)(C++23)     to (C++23)

Dangling iterator handling dangling borrowed_iterator_t borrowed_subrange_t

Range primitives
range_size_trange_difference_trange_value_t elements_of (C++23)	iterator_tconst_iterator_tsentinel_tconst_sentinel_t (C++23)(C++23)	range_reference_trange_const_reference_trange_rvalue_reference_trange_common_reference_t (C++23)

Range concepts
range borrowed_range    sized_range	common_range view viewable_range	input_range output_range forward_range	bidirectional_range    random_access_range contiguous_range	constant_range (C++23)

Views
view_interface	subrange

Range factories
empty_viewviews::empty	single_viewviews::single	basic_istream_viewviews::istream	iota_viewviews::iota	repeat_viewviews::repeat (C++23)(C++23)

Range adaptors
views::all_tviews::all ref_view owning_view as_rvalue_viewviews::as_rvalue (C++23)(C++23)   filter_viewviews::filter transform_viewviews::transform take_viewviews::take take_while_viewviews::take_while concat_viewviews::concat (C++26)(C++26)	drop_viewviews::drop drop_while_viewviews::drop_while join_viewviews::join join_with_viewviews::join_with (C++23)(C++23)   lazy_split_viewviews::lazy_split split_viewviews::split views::counted common_viewviews::common	reverse_viewviews::reverse as_const_viewviews::as_const (C++23)(C++23) elements_viewviews::elements keys_viewviews::keys values_viewviews::values enumerate_viewviews::enumerate (C++23)(C++23) zip_viewviews::zip (C++23)(C++23) zip_transform_viewviews::zip_transform (C++23)(C++23)	adjacent_viewviews::adjacent (C++23)(C++23) views::pairwise (C++23) adjacent_transform_viewviews::adjacent_transform (C++23)(C++23) views::pairwise_transform (C++23) chunk_viewviews::chunk (C++23)(C++23) slide_viewviews::slide (C++23)(C++23) chunk_by_viewviews::chunk_by (C++23)(C++23) stride_viewviews::stride (C++23)(C++23) cartesian_product_viewviews::cartesian_product (C++23)(C++23)

Range generators std::generator (C++23)

Range adaptor closure objects range_adaptor_closure (C++23)

Range adaptor objects

Helper items
copyable-box movable-box (until C++23)  (C++23)	simple-view non-propagating-cache

 

Defined in header <ranges>
template< class T > concept contiguous_range =     ranges::random_access_range<T> &&     std::contiguous_iterator<ranges::iterator_t<T>> &&     requires(T& t) {         { ranges::data(t) } ->             std::same_as<std::add_pointer_t<ranges::range_reference_t<T>>>;     };		(since C++20)

The contiguous_range concept is a refinement of range for which ranges::begin returns a model of contiguous_iterator and the customization point ranges::data is usable.

Semantic requirements

T models contiguous_range only if given an expression e such that decltype((e)) is T&, std::to_address(ranges::begin(e)) == ranges::data(e).

Example

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#include <array>
#include <deque>
#include <list>
#include <mdspan>
#include <ranges>
#include <set>
#include <span>
#include <string_view>
#include <valarray>
#include <vector>
 
template<typename T>
concept CR = std::ranges::contiguous_range<T>;
 
// zstring being a ranges::contiguous_range doesn't have to be a ranges::sized_range
struct zstring
{
    struct sentinel
    {
        friend constexpr bool operator==(const char* str, sentinel) noexcept
        { return *str == '\0'; }
    };
 
    const char* str;
 
    const char* begin() const noexcept { return str; }
    sentinel end() const noexcept { return {}; }
};
 
int main()
{
    int a[4];
    static_assert(
            CR<std::vector<int>> and
        not CR<std::vector<bool>> and
        not CR<std::deque<int>> and
            CR<std::valarray<int>> and
            CR<decltype(a)> and
        not CR<std::list<int>> and
        not CR<std::set<int>> and
            CR<std::array<std::list<int>,42>> and
            CR<std::string_view> and
            CR<zstring> and
            CR<std::span<const int>> and
        not CR<std::mdspan<int, std::dims<1>>>
    );
}

See also

ranges::sized_range (C++20)	specifies that a range knows its size in constant time (concept)
ranges::random_access_range (C++20)	specifies a range whose iterator type satisfies random_access_iterator (concept)