# std::holds_alternative

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Defined in header `<variant>` |  |
template <class T, class... Types> constexpr bool holds_alternative(const std::variant <Types...>& v) noexcept; |  | (since C++17)

Checks if the variant `v` holds the alternative `T`. The call is ill-formed if `T` does not appear exactly once in `Types...`

### Parameters

v | - | variant to examine

### Return value

`true` if the variant currently holds the alternative `T`, `false` otherwise.

### Example

Run this code

    #include <variant>
    #include <string>
    #include <iostream>
    int main()
    {
        std::variant<int, std::string> v = "abc";
        std::cout << std::boolalpha
                  << "variant holds int? "
                  << std::holds_alternative<int>(v) << '\n'
                  << "variant holds string? "
                  << std::holds_alternative<std::string>(v) << '\n';
    }

Output:

    variant holds int? false
    variant holds string? true

### See also

index | returns the zero-based index of the alternative held by the variant (public member function)
std::get(std::variant) (C++17) | reads the value of the variant given the index or the type (if the type is unique), throws on error (function template)

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