std::basic_string_view<CharT,Traits>::begin, std::basic_string_view<CharT,Traits>::cbegin

 

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External libraries

 

Strings library

Classes

basic_string

basic_string_view (C++17)

char_traits

 

std::basic_string_view

Member functions basic_string_view::basic_string_view    basic_string_view::operator= Iterators basic_string_view::beginbasic_string_view::cbegin basic_string_view::endbasic_string_view::cend basic_string_view::rbeginbasic_string_view::crbegin basic_string_view::rendbasic_string_view::crend Capacity basic_string_view::sizebasic_string_view::length basic_string_view::max_size basic_string_view::empty Operations basic_string_view::copy basic_string_view::substr basic_string_view::compare basic_string_view::starts_with (C++20) basic_string_view::ends_with (C++20) basic_string_view::contains (C++23) basic_string_view::find basic_string_view::rfind basic_string_view::find_first_of basic_string_view::find_last_of basic_string_view::find_first_not_of basic_string_view::find_last_not_of

Element access basic_string_view::at basic_string_view::operator[] basic_string_view::front basic_string_view::back basic_string_view::data Modifiers basic_string_view::remove_prefix basic_string_view::remove_suffix basic_string_view::swap Constants basic_string_view::npos Non-member functions operator==operator!=operator<operator>operator<=operator>=operator<=> (until C++20)(until C++20)(until C++20)(until C++20)(until C++20)(C++20) operator<< operator""sv Helper classes hash<std::string_view>hash<std::wstring_view>hash<std::u8string_view>hash<std::u16string_view>hash<std::u32string_view> (C++20) Deduction guides(C++20)

 

constexpr const_iterator begin()constnoexcept;		(since C++17)
constexpr const_iterator cbegin()constnoexcept;		(since C++17)

Returns an iterator to the first character of the view.

Parameters

(none)

Return value

const_iterator to the first character.

Complexity

Constant.

Example

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#include <concepts>#include <string_view>   int main(){constexprstd::string_view str_view("abcd");   constexprauto begin = str_view.begin();constexprauto cbegin = str_view.cbegin(); static_assert(*begin =='a' and *cbegin =='a' and *begin ==*cbegin and begin == cbegin and std::same_as<decltype(begin), decltype(cbegin)>);}

See also

endcend	returns an iterator to the end (public member function)
begincbegin (C++11)	returns an iterator to the beginning (public member function of std::basic_string<CharT,Traits,Allocator>)