# Ranges library (C++20)

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The ranges library provides components for dealing with ranges of elements, including a variety of view adapters.

Defined in header `<ranges>` |  |
namespace std { namespace view = ranges::view; } |  |

The namespace alias `std::view` is provided as a shorthand for `std::ranges::view`.

Defined in header `<ranges>`
Defined in namespace `std::ranges`

##### Range access

begincbegin | returns an iterator to the beginning of a range (customization point object)
endcend | returns an iterator to the end of a range (customization point object)
rbegincrbegin | returns a reverse iterator to a range (customization point object)
rendcrend | returns a reverse end iterator to a range (customization point object)
size | obtains the size of a range whose size can be calculated in constant time (customization point object)
empty | checks whether a range is empty (customization point object)
datacdata | obtains a pointer to the beginning of a contiguous range (customization point object)

##### Range primitives

iterator_tsentinel_t | obtains the iterator and sentinel types of a range (alias template)

##### Dangling iterator handling

dangling | a placeholder type indicating that an iterator or a `subrange` should not be returned since it would be dangling (class)
safe_iterator_tsafe_subrange_t | obtains iterator type or `subrange` type of a `Range` which also models `__ForwardingRange` (alias template)

##### Range concepts

Range | specifies that a type is a range, that is, it provides a `begin` iterator and an `end` sentinel (concept)
SizedRange | specifies that a range knows its size in constant time (concept)
View | specifies that a range is a view, that is, it has constant time copy/move/assignment (concept)
InputRange | specifies a range whose iterator type satisfies `InputIterator` (concept)
OutputRange | specifies a range whose iterator type satisfies `OutputIterator` (concept)
ForwardRange | specifies a range whose iterator type satisfies `ForwardIterator` (concept)
BidirectionalRange | specifies a range whose iterator type satisfies `BidirectionalIterator` (concept)
RandomAccessRange | specifies a range whose iterator type satisfies `RandomAccessIterator` (concept)
ContiguousRange | specifies a range whose iterator type satisfies `ContiguousIterator` (concept)
CommonRange | specifies that a range has identical iterator and sentinel types (concept)
ViewableRange | specifies the requirements for a `Range` to be safely convertible to a `View` (concept)

##### Views

view_interface | helper class template for defining `View`s, using the curiously recurring template pattern (class template)
subrange | combines an iterator-sentinel pair into a `View` (class template)

### Range factories

Defined in header `<ranges>`
Defined in namespace `std::ranges`
empty_viewview::empty | an empty `View` with no elements (class template) (variable template)
single_viewview::single | a `View` that contains a single element of a specified value (class template) (customization point object)
iota_viewview::iota | a `View` consisting of a sequence generated by repeatedly incrementing an initial value (class template) (customization point object)
view::counted | creates a subrange from an iterator and a count (customization point object)

### Range adaptors

Range adaptors accept `ViewableRange` as their first arguments and returns a `View`. They can also be chained using the pipe operator: if C and D are a range adaptors and R is a `ViewableRange`, these two expressions are equivalent:

    D(C(R))
    R | C | D

If an adaptor takes multiple arguments, these forms are equivalent:

    adaptor(range, args...)
    adaptor(args...)(range)
    range | adaptor(args...)

Defined in header `<ranges>`
Defined in namespace `std::ranges`
all_viewview::all | a `View` that includes all elements of a `Range` (alias template) (range adaptor object)
ref_view | a `View` of the elements of some other `Range` (class template)
filter_viewview::filter | a `View` that consists of the elements of a `Range` that satisfies a predicate (class template) (range adaptor object)
transform_viewview::transform | a `View` of a sequence that applies a transformation function to each element (class template) (range adaptor object)
take_viewview::take | a `View` consisting of the first N elements of another `View` (class template) (range adaptor object)
join_viewview::join | a `View` consisting of the sequence obtained from flattening a `View` of `Range`s (class template) (range adaptor object)
split_viewview::split | a `View` over the subranges obtained from splitting another `View` using a delimiter (class template) (range adaptor object)
common_viewview::common | converts a `View` into a `CommonRange` (class template) (range adaptor object)
reverse_viewview::reverse | a `View` that iterates over the elements of another bidirectional view in reverse order (class template) (range adaptor object)

Some range adaptors wrap their element or function object with the semiregular wrapper.

### Helper concepts

Following exposition-only concepts are used for several types, but they are not parts of the interface of standard library.

template<class R> concept __SimpleView = // exposition only View <R> && Range <const R> && Same <std::ranges::iterator_t<R>, std::ranges::iterator_t<const R>> && Same <std::ranges::sentinel_t<R>, std::ranges::sentinel_t<const R>>; |  |
template<class T, class U> concept __NotSameAs = // exposition only ! Same < std::remove_cvref_t <T>, std::remove_cvref_t <U>>; |  |

### Example

Run this code

    #include <vector>
    #include <ranges>
    #include <iostream>

    int main()
    {
      std::vector<int> ints{0,1,2,3,4,5};
      auto even = [](int i){ return 0 == i % 2; };
      auto square = [](int i) { return i * i; };

      for (int i : ints | std::view::filter(even) | std::view::transform(square)) {
        std::cout << i << ' ';
      }
    }

Output:

    0 4 16

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