std::move_iterator<Iter>::operator[]

Iterator library

indirectly_readable (C++20)
indirectly_writable (C++20)
weakly_incrementable (C++20)
incrementable (C++20)
is-integer-like is-signed-integer-like (C++20)(C++20)

sentinel_for (C++20)
sized_sentinel_for (C++20)
input_iterator (C++20)
output_iterator (C++20)
input_or_output_iterator (C++20)

forward_iterator (C++20)
bidirectional_iterator (C++20)
random_access_iterator (C++20)
contiguous_iterator (C++20)

Iterator primitives

input_iterator_tagoutput_iterator_tagforward_iterator_tagbidirectional_iterator_tagrandom_access_iterator_tagcontiguous_iterator_tag

(C++20)

iter_value_titer_difference_titer_reference_titer_const_reference_titer_rvalue_reference_titer_common_reference_t

(C++20) (C++20) (C++20) (C++23) (C++20) (C++20)

iterator (deprecated in C++17)
iterator_traits
incrementable_traits (C++20)
indirectly_readable_traits (C++20)

Algorithm concepts and utilities

Indirect callable concepts

indirectly_unary_invocableindirectly_regular_unary_invocable

(C++20)(C++20)

indirect_unary_predicate (C++20)
indirect_binary_predicate (C++20)

indirect_equivalence_relation (C++20)
indirect_strict_weak_order (C++20)

Common algorithm requirements

indirectly_movable (C++20)
indirectly_movable_storable (C++20)
indirectly_copyable (C++20)

indirectly_copyable_storable (C++20)
indirectly_swappable (C++20)
indirectly_comparable (C++20)

permutable (C++20)
mergeable (C++20)
sortable (C++20)

(C++20)

(C++20)

(C++26)

reverse_iterator
make_reverse_iterator (C++14)
move_iterator (C++11)
make_move_iterator (C++11)
default_sentinel_tdefault_sentinel (C++20)(C++20)
unreachable_sentinel_tunreachable_sentinel (C++20)(C++20)

front_insert_iterator
back_insert_iterator
inserter
insert_iterator
front_inserter
back_inserter
move_sentinel (C++20)

common_iterator (C++20)
counted_iterator (C++20)
basic_const_iterator (C++23)
const_iterator (C++23)
const_sentinel (C++23)
make_const_iterator (C++23)
make_const_sentinel (C++23)

Stream iterators

istream_iterator
ostream_iterator

istreambuf_iterator
ostreambuf_iterator

Iterator customization points
ranges::iter_move (C++20)
ranges::iter_swap (C++20)

Iterator operations

advance
distance
prev (C++11)
next (C++11)

ranges::advance (C++20)
ranges::distance (C++20)
ranges::prev (C++20)
ranges::next (C++20)

Range access

begincbegin (C++11)(C++14)
rbegincrbegin (C++14)(C++14)

endcend (C++11)(C++14)
rendcrend (C++14)(C++14)

sizessize (C++17)(C++20)
empty (C++17)
data (C++17)

/* unspecified */ operator[ ] ( difference_type n ) const ;		(constexpr since C++17) (until C++20)
constexpr reference operator[ ] ( difference_type n ) const ;		(since C++20)

Returns a reference to the element at specified relative location.

Parameters

n

-

position relative to current location

Return value

std::move( current [n]) (until C++20) ranges::iter_move( current + n) (since C++20)

Notes

The return type is unspecified because the return type of the underlying iterator's operator[] is also unspecified (see LegacyRandomAccessIterator

(until C++20)

Example

Run this code

#include <cstddef>
#include <iomanip>
#include <iostream>
#include <iterator>
#include <list>
#include <string>
#include <vector>
 
void print(auto rem, const auto& v)
{
    for (std::cout << rem; const auto& e : v)
        std::cout << std::quoted(e) << ' ';
    std::cout << '\n';
}
 
int main()
{
    std::vector<std::string> p{"alpha", "beta", "gamma", "delta"}, q;
    print("1) p: ", p);
 
    std::move_iterator it{p.begin()};
 
    for (std::size_t t{}; t != p.size(); ++t)
        q.emplace_back(it[t]); 
 
    print("2) p: ", p);
    print("3) q: ", q);
 
    std::list l{1, 2, 3};
    std::move_iterator it2{l.begin()};
//  it2[1] = 13; // Compilation error: the underlying iterator
                 // does not model the random access iterator
//  *it2 = 999;  // Compilation error: using rvalue as lvalue
}

Possible output:

1) p: "alpha" "beta" "gamma" "delta"
2) p: "" "" "" ""
3) q: "alpha" "beta" "gamma" "delta"

Compiler support
Freestanding and hosted
Language
Standard library
Standard library headers
Named requirements
Feature test macros (C++20)
Language support library
Concepts library (C++20)
Diagnostics library
Memory management library
Metaprogramming library (C++11)
General utilities library
Containers library
Iterators library
Ranges library (C++20)
Algorithms library
Strings library
Text processing library
Numerics library
Date and time library
Input/output library
Filesystem library (C++17)
Concurrency support library (C++11)
Execution support library (C++26)
Technical specifications
Symbols index
External libraries

Member functions
move_iterator::move_iterator
move_iterator::operator=
move_iterator::base
move_iterator::operator*move_iterator::operator->
move_iterator::operator[]
move_iterator::operator++ move_iterator::operator+ move_iterator::operator+= move_iterator::operator-- move_iterator::operator- move_iterator::operator-=
Non-member functions
operator==operator!=operator<operator<=operator>operator>=operator<=> (until C++20)(C++20)
operator==(move_sentinel) (C++20)
operator+
operator-
operator-(move_sentinel) (C++20)
iter_move (C++20)
iter_swap (C++20)
make_move_iterator (C++11)

std::move_iterator<Iter>::operator[]

Parameters

Return value

Notes

Example

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