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tuple& operator=(const tuple& other );	(1)	(since C++11) (constexpr since C++20)
constexprconst tuple& operator=(const tuple& other )const;	(2)	(since C++23)
tuple& operator=( tuple&& other )noexcept(/* see below */);	(3)	(since C++11) (constexpr since C++20)
constexprconst tuple& operator=( tuple&& other )const;	(4)	(since C++23)
template<class... UTypes> tuple& operator=(const tuple<UTypes...>& other );	(5)	(since C++11) (constexpr since C++20)
template<class... UTypes> constexprconst tuple& operator=(const tuple<UTypes...>& other )const;	(6)	(since C++23)
template<class... UTypes> tuple& operator=( tuple<UTypes...>&& other );	(7)	(since C++11) (constexpr since C++20)
template<class... UTypes> constexprconst tuple& operator=( tuple<UTypes...>&& other )const;	(8)	(since C++23)
template<class E1, class E2 > tuple& operator=(conststd::pair<E1, E2>& p );	(9)	(since C++11) (constexpr since C++20)
template<class E1, class E2 > constexprconst tuple& operator=(conststd::pair<E1, E2>& p )const;	(10)	(since C++23)
template<class E1, class E2 > tuple& operator=(std::pair<E1, E2>&& p );	(11)	(since C++11) (constexpr since C++20)
template<class E1, class E2 > constexprconst tuple& operator=(std::pair<E1, E2>&& p )const;	(12)	(since C++23)
template< tuple-like UTuple > constexpr tuple& operator=( UTuple&& u );	(13)	(since C++23)
template< tuple-like UTuple > constexprconst tuple& operator=( UTuple&& u )const;	(14)	(since C++23)

Replaces the contents of the tuple with the contents of another tuple-like object.

In the descriptions that follow, let

• i be in the range [​0​, sizeof...(Types)) in order,
• Ti be the ith type in the class template parameter pack Types, and
• Ui be the ith type in a function template parameter pack named UTypes,

where indexing is zero-based.

1) Copy assignment operator. Assigns each element of other to the corresponding element of *this.

This overload is defined as deleted unless std::is_copy_assignable<Ti>::value is true for all Ti.

2) Copy assignment operator for const-qualified operand. Assigns each element of other to the corresponding element of *this.

This overload participates in overload resolution only if std::is_copy_assignable_v<const Ti> is true for all Ti.

3) Move assignment operator. For all i, assigns std::forward<Ti>(std::get<i>(other)) to std::get<i>(*this).

This overload participates in overload resolution only if std::is_move_assignable<Ti>::value is true for all Ti.

4) Move assignment operator for const-qualified operand. For all i, assigns std::forward<Ti>(std::get<i>(other)) to std::get<i>(*this).

This overload participates in overload resolution only if std::is_assignable_v<const Ti&, Ti> is true for all Ti.

5) For all i, assigns std::get<i>(other) to std::get<i>(*this).

This overload participates in overload resolution only if sizeof...(Types)== sizeof...(UTypes), and std::is_assignable<Ti&, const Ui&>::value is true for all corresponding pairs of types Ti and Ui.

6) For all i, assigns std::get<i>(other) to std::get<i>(*this).

This overload participates in overload resolution only if sizeof...(Types)== sizeof...(UTypes), and std::is_assignable_v<const Ti&, const Ui&> is true for all corresponding pairs of types Ti and Ui.

7) For all i, assigns std::forward<Ui>(std::get<i>(other)) to std::get<i>(*this).

This overload participates in overload resolution only if sizeof...(Types)== sizeof...(UTypes), and std::is_assignable<Ti&, Ui>::value is true for all corresponding pairs of types Tiand Ui.

8) For all i, assigns std::forward<Ui>(std::get<i>(other)) to std::get<i>(*this).

This overload participates in overload resolution only if sizeof...(Types)== sizeof...(UTypes), and std::is_assignable_v<const Ti&, Ui> is true for all corresponding pairs of types Ti and Ui.

9) Assigns p.first to the first element of *this and p.second to the second element of *this.

This overload participates in overload resolution only if

• sizeof...(Types)==2,
• std::is_assignable<T0&, const E1&>::value is true, and
• std::is_assignable<T1&, const E2&>::value is true.

10) Assigns p.first to the first element and p.second to the second element.

This overload participates in overload resolution only if

• sizeof...(Types)==2,
• std::is_assignable_v<const T0&, const E1&> is true, and
• std::is_assignable_v<const T1&, const E2&> is true.

11) Assigns std::forward<E1>(p.first) to the first element of *this and std::forward<E2>(p.second) to the second element of *this.

This overload participates in overload resolution only if

• sizeof...(Types)==2,
• std::is_assignable_v<T0&, E1> is true, and
• std::is_assignable_v<T1&, E2> is true.

12) Assigns std::forward<E1>(p.first) to the first element and std::forward<E2>(p.second) to the second element.

This overload participates in overload resolution only if

• sizeof...(Types)==2,
• std::is_assignable_v<const T0&, E1> is true, and
• std::is_assignable_v<const T1&, E2> is true.

13) For all i, assigns std::get<i>(std::forward<UTuple>(u)) to std::get<i>(*this).

This overload participates in overload resolution only if

• std::same_as<std::remove_cvref_t<UTuple>, std::tuple> is false,
• std::remove_cvref_t<UTuple> is not a specialization of std::ranges::subrange,
• sizeof...(Types) equals std::tuple_size_v<std::remove_cvref_t<UTuple>>, and
• std::is_assignable_v<Ti&, decltype(std::get<i>(std::forward<UTuple>(u)))> is true for all i.

14) For all i, assigns std::get<i>(std::forward<UTuple>(u)) to std::get<i>(*this).

This overload participates in overload resolution only if

• std::same_as<std::remove_cvref_t<UTuple>, std::tuple> is false,
• std::remove_cvref_t<UTuple> is not a specialization of std::ranges::subrange,
• sizeof...(Types) equals std::tuple_size_v<std::remove_cvref_t<UTuple>>, and
• std::is_assignable_v<const Ti&, decltype(std::get<i>(std::forward<UTuple>(u)))> is true for all i.

Parameters

other	-	tuple to replace the contents of this tuple
p	-	pair to replace the contents of this 2-tuple
u	-	tuple-like object to replace the contents of this tuple

Return value

*this

Exceptions

1,2) May throw implementation-defined exceptionsif the assignment of one of the types in Types throws an exception.

3)

noexcept specification:  

noexcept(

    std::is_nothrow_move_assignable<T0>::value&&
    std::is_nothrow_move_assignable<T1>::value&&
    std::is_nothrow_move_assignable<T2>::value&&
    ...

)

4-14) May throw implementation-defined exceptionsif the assignment of one of the types in Types throws an exception.

Example

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#include <iostream>#include <string>#include <string_view>#include <tuple>#include <utility>#include <vector>   // helper function to print std::vector<int>std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& os, std::vector<int>const& v){ os <<'{';for(std::size_t t =0; t != v.size();++t) os << v[t]<<(t +1< v.size()?", ":"");return os <<'}';}   // helpers to print a tuple of any sizetemplate<class... Args>void print_tuple(std::string_view name, conststd::tuple<Args...>& t){std::cout<< name <<" = {";std::apply([&](auto&& arg, auto&&... args){std::cout<< arg;((std::cout<<", "<< args), ...);}, t);std::cout<<'}';}   template<class Tuple1, class Tuple2>void print_tuples(std::string_view name1, const Tuple1& t1, std::string_view name2, const Tuple2& t2){ print_tuple(name1, t1);std::cout<<", "; print_tuple(name2, std::tuple(t2));std::cout<<"\n\n";}   int main(){// Tuple to tuple examples //std::tuple<int, std::string, std::vector<int>> t1{1, "alpha", {1, 2, 3}}, t2{2, "beta", {4, 5}}; print_tuples("1) t1", t1, "t2", t2);   // Normal copy assignment// operator=( const tuple& other ); t1 = t2; print_tuples("2) t1 = t2;\n t1", t1, "t2", t2);   // Normal move assignment// operator=( tuple&& other ); t1 = std::move(t2); print_tuples("3) t1 = std::move(t2);\n t1", t1, "t2", t2);   // Converting copy assignment// operator=( const tuple<UTypes...>& other );std::tuple<short, constchar*, std::vector<int>> t3{3, "gamma", {6, 7, 8}}; t1 = t3; print_tuples("4) t1 = t3;\n t1", t1, "t3", t3);   // Converting move assignment// operator=( tuple<UTypes...>&& other ); t1 = std::move(t3); print_tuples("5) t1 = std::move(t3);\n t1", t1, "t3", t3);   // Pair to tuple examples //std::tuple<std::string, std::vector<int>> t4{"delta", {10, 11, 12}};std::pair<constchar*, std::vector<int>> p1{"epsilon", {14, 15, 16}}; print_tuples("6) t4", t4, "p1", p1);   // Converting copy assignment from std::pair// operator=( const std::pair<U1, U2>& p ); t4 = p1; print_tuples("7) t4 = p1;\n t4", t4, "p1", p1);   // Converting move assignment from std::pair// operator=( std::pair<U1, U2>&& p ); t4 = std::move(p1); print_tuples("8) t4 = std::move(p1);\n t4", t4, "p1", p1);}

Possible output:

1) t1 = {1, alpha, {1, 2, 3}}, t2 = {2, beta, {4, 5}}   2) t1 = t2; t1 = {2, beta, {4, 5}}, t2 = {2, beta, {4, 5}}   3) t1 = std::move(t2); t1 = {2, beta, {4, 5}}, t2 = {2, , {}}   4) t1 = t3; t1 = {3, gamma, {6, 7, 8}}, t3 = {3, gamma, {6, 7, 8}}   5) t1 = std::move(t3); t1 = {3, gamma, {6, 7, 8}}, t3 = {3, gamma, {}}   6) t4 = {delta, {10, 11, 12}}, p1 = {epsilon, {14, 15, 16}}   7) t4 = p1; t4 = {epsilon, {14, 15, 16}}, p1 = {epsilon, {14, 15, 16}}   8) t4 = std::move(p1); t4 = {epsilon, {14, 15, 16}}, p1 = {epsilon, {}}

Defect reports

The following behavior-changing defect reports were applied retroactively to previously published C++ standards.

DR	Applied to	Behavior as published	Correct behavior
LWG 2729	C++11	operator= was unconstrained and might result in unnecessary undefined behavior	constrained

See also

(constructor)	constructs a new tuple (public member function)
operator=	assigns the contents (public member function of std::pair<T1,T2>)