std::ranges::view_interface<D>::operator bool

 

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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

 

std::ranges::view_interface

Member functions

empty

cbegin (C++23)

cend (C++23)

operator bool

data

size

front

back

operator[]

 

constexpr explicit operator bool() requires /* see below */;	(1)	(since C++20)
constexpr explicit operator bool() const requires /* see below */;	(2)	(since C++20)

The default implementation of operator bool member function checks whether the view is non-empty. It makes the derived type contextually convertible to bool.

1) Let derived be static_cast<D&>(*this). The expression in the requires-clause is equal to requires { ranges::empty(derived); }, and the function body is equivalent to return !ranges::empty(derived);.

2) Same as (1), except that derived is static_cast<const D&>(*this).

Parameters

(none)

Return value

false if the value of the derived type is empty (determined by std::ranges::empty), true otherwise.

Notes

In C++20, no type derived from std::ranges::view_interface in the standard library provides their own operator bool. Almost all of these types use the default implementation.

A notable exception is std::ranges::basic_istream_view. For its iterator type never satisfies forward_iterator, the view cannot use the inherited operator bool.

Example

Run this code

#include <array>
#include <iostream>
#include <ranges>
 
int main()
{
    const std::array ints {0, 1, 2, 3, 4};
    auto odds = ints | std::views::filter([](int i) { return 0 != i % 2; });
    auto negs = ints | std::views::filter([](int i) { return i < 0; });
    std::cout << std::boolalpha
              << "Has odd numbers: " << (!!odds) << ' ' << '\n'
              << "Has negative numbers: " << (!!negs) << ' ' << '\n';
}

Output:

Has odd numbers: true
Has negative numbers: false

See also

ranges::empty (C++20)	checks whether a range is empty (customization point object)
empty	returns whether the derived view is empty. Provided if it satisfies sized_range or forward_range. (public member function)
empty (C++17)	checks whether the container is empty (function template)