std::ranges::views::drop_while, std::ranges::drop_while_view

 

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Ranges library

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

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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)

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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)

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view_interface	subrange

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

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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)

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Range adaptor objects

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

 

std::ranges::drop_while_view

Member functions

drop_while_view::drop_while_view

drop_while_view::base

drop_while_view::pred

drop_while_view::begin

drop_while_view::end

Deduction guides

 

Defined in header <ranges>
template< ranges::view V, class Pred >     requires ranges::input_range<V> &&              std::is_object_v<Pred> &&              std::indirect_unary_predicate<const Pred, ranges::iterator_t<V>> class drop_while_view     : public ranges::view_interface<drop_while_view<V, Pred>>	(1)	(since C++20)
namespace views {     inline constexpr /* unspecified */ drop_while = /* unspecified */; }	(2)	(since C++20)
Call signature
template< ranges::viewable_range R, class Pred >     requires /* see below */ constexpr ranges::view auto drop_while( R&& r, Pred&& pred );		(since C++20)
template< class Pred > constexpr /*range adaptor closure*/ drop_while( Pred&& pred );		(since C++20)

1) A range adaptor that represents view of elements from an underlying sequence, beginning at the first element for which the predicate returns false.

2) RangeAdaptorObject. The expression views::drop_while(e, f) is expression-equivalent to drop_while_view(e, f) for any suitable subexpressions e and f.

drop_while_view models the concepts contiguous_range, random_access_range, bidirectional_range, forward_range, input_range, and common_range when the underlying view V models respective concepts. It also models sized_range if ranges::forward_range<V> and std::sized_sentinel_for<ranges::sentinel_t<V>, ranges::iterator_t<V>> are modeled.

Data members

Member name	Definition
base_ (private)	the underlying view of type V (exposition-only member object*)
pred_ (private)	the underlying function object of type copyable-box<Pred>(until C++23)movable-box<Pred>(since C++23) (exposition-only member object*)
cache_ (private) (conditionally present)	TODO: mension L4$, see notes. (exposition-only member object*)

Member functions

(constructor)	constructs a drop_while_view (public member function)
base	returns a copy of the underlying (adapted) view (public member function)
pred	returns a reference to the stored predicate (public member function)
begin	returns an iterator to the beginning (public member function)
end	returns an iterator or a sentinel to the end (public member function)
Inherited from std::ranges::view_interface
empty	returns whether the derived view is empty. Provided if it satisfies sized_range or forward_range. (public member function of std::ranges::view_interface<D>)
cbegin (C++23)	returns a constant iterator to the beginning of the range. (public member function of std::ranges::view_interface<D>)
cend (C++23)	returns a sentinel for the constant iterator of the range. (public member function of std::ranges::view_interface<D>)
operator bool	returns whether the derived view is not empty. Provided if ranges::empty is applicable to it. (public member function of std::ranges::view_interface<D>)
data	gets the address of derived view's data. Provided if its iterator type satisfies contiguous_iterator. (public member function of std::ranges::view_interface<D>)
size	returns the number of elements in the derived view. Provided if it satisfies forward_range and its sentinel and iterator type satisfy sized_sentinel_for. (public member function of std::ranges::view_interface<D>)
front	returns the first element in the derived view. Provided if it satisfies forward_range. (public member function of std::ranges::view_interface<D>)
back	returns the last element in the derived view. Provided if it satisfies bidirectional_range and common_range. (public member function of std::ranges::view_interface<D>)
operator[]	returns the nth element in the derived view. Provided if it satisfies random_access_range. (public member function of std::ranges::view_interface<D>)

Helper templates

template< class T, class Pred > constexpr bool enable_borrowed_range<std::ranges::drop_while_view<T, Pred>> =     ranges::enable_borrowed_range<T>;		(since C++20)

This specialization of std::ranges::enable_borrowed_range makes drop_while_view satisfy borrowed_range when the underlying view satisfies it.

Notes

In order to provide the amortized constant time complexity required by the range concept, the result of begin is cached within the drop_while_view object. If the underlying range is modified after the first call to begin(), subsequent uses of the drop_while_view object might have unintuitive behavior.

Example

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#include <iostream>
#include <ranges>
#include <string>
#include <string_view>
 
using std::operator""sv;
 
[[nodiscard]]
constexpr bool is_space(char p) noexcept
{
    auto ne = [p](auto q) { return p != q; };
    return !!(" \t\n\v\r\f" | std::views::drop_while(ne));
};
 
[[nodiscard("trims the output")]]
constexpr std::string_view trim_left(std::string_view const in) noexcept
{
    auto view = in | std::views::drop_while(is_space);
    return {view.begin(), view.end()};
}
 
[[nodiscard("trims the output")]]
constexpr std::string trim(std::string_view const in)
{
    auto view = in
              | std::views::drop_while(is_space)
              | std::views::reverse
              | std::views::drop_while(is_space)
              | std::views::reverse
              ;
    return {view.begin(), view.end()};
}
 
int main()
{
    static_assert(trim_left(" \n C++23") == "C++23"sv);
 
    constexpr auto src{" \f\n\t\r\vHello, C++20!\f\n\t\r\v "sv};
    static_assert(trim(src) == "Hello, C++20!");
 
    static constexpr auto v = {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5};
    for (int n : v | std::views::drop_while([](int i) { return i < 3; }))
        std::cout << n << ' ';
    std::cout << '\n';
}

Output:

3 4 5

Defect reports

The following behavior-changing defect reports were applied retroactively to previously published C++ standards.

DR	Applied to	Behavior as published	Correct behavior
LWG 3494	C++20	drop_while_view was never a borrowed_range	it is a borrowed_range if its underlying view is

See also

ranges::drop_viewviews::drop (C++20)

a view consisting of elements of another view, skipping the first N elements (class template) (range adaptor object)