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===Example===
 
===Example===
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{{example |
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#include <format>
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#include <iostream>
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int main()
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{
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    char buffer[64];
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    const auto result =
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        std::format_to_n(buffer, std::size(buffer),
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                        "Hubble's H{0} {1} {2} miles/sec/mpc.\0",
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                        "\u2080", "\u2245", 42);
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    std::cout << "Buffer: \"" << buffer << "\"\n"
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              << "Buffer size = " << std::size(buffer) << '\n'
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              << "Untruncated output size = " << result.size << '\n';
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}
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  | output=
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Buffer: "Hubble's H₀ ≅ 42 miles/sec/mpc."
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Buffer size = 64
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Untruncated output size = 35
 
}}
 
}}
  

Revision as of 12:12, 25 April 2020

 
 
Utilities library
General utilities
Relational operators (deprecated in C++20)
 
 
Defined in header <format>
template<class OutputIt, class... Args>

std::format_to_n_result<OutputIt>
    format_to_n(OutputIt out, std::iter_difference_t<OutputIt> n,

                std::string_view fmt, const Args&... args);
(1) (since C++20)
template<class OutputIt, class... Args>

std::format_to_n_result<OutputIt>
    format_to_n(OutputIt out, std::iter_difference_t<OutputIt> n,

                std::wstring_view fmt, const Args&... args);
(2) (since C++20)
template<class OutputIt, class... Args>

std::format_to_n_result<OutputIt>
    format_to_n(OutputIt out, std::iter_difference_t<OutputIt> n,

                const std::locale& loc, std::string_view fmt, const Args&... args);
(3) (since C++20)
template<class OutputIt, class... Args>

std::format_to_n_result<OutputIt>
    format_to_n(OutputIt out, std::iter_difference_t<OutputIt> n,

                const std::locale& loc, std::wstring_view fmt, const Args&... args);
(4) (since C++20)
template<class OutputIt>

struct format_to_n_result {
    OutputIt out;
    std::iter_difference_t<OutputIt> size;

};
(5) (since C++20)

Format args according to the format string fmt, and write the result to the output iterator out. At most n characters are written. If present, loc is used for locale-specific formatting.

Let CharT be decltype(fmt)::char_type (char for overloads (1,3), wchar_t for overloads (2,4)).

These overloads participate in overload resolution only if OutputIt satisfies the concept std::output_iterator<const CharT&>.

The behavior is undefined if OutputIt does not model (meet the semantic requirements of) the the concept std::output_iterator<const CharT&>, or if std::formatter<Ti, CharT> does not meet the Formatter requirements for any Ti in Args.

Contents

Parameters

out - iterator to the output buffer
n - maximum number of characters to be written to the buffer
fmt - string view representing the format string. an object that represents the format string. The format string consists of
  • ordinary characters (except { and }), which are copied unchanged to the output,
  • escape sequences {{ and }}, which are replaced with { and } respectively in the output, and
  • replacement fields.

Each replacement field has the following format:

{ arg-id (optional) } (1)
{ arg-id (optional) : format-spec } (2)
1) replacement field without a format specification
2) replacement field with a format specification
arg-id - specifies the index of the argument in args whose value is to be used for formatting; if it is omitted, the arguments are used in order.

The arg-id s in a format string must all be present or all be omitted. Mixing manual and automatic indexing is an error.

format-spec - the format specification defined by the std::formatter specialization for the corresponding argument. Cannot start with }.

(since C++23)
(since C++26)
  • For other formattable types, the format specification is determined by user-defined formatter specializations.


args... - arguments to be formatted
loc - std::locale used for locale-specific formatting

Return value

A format_to_n_result such that the out member is an iterator past the end of the output range, and the size member is the total (not truncated) output size.

Exceptions

Throws std::format_error if fmt is not a valid format string for the provided arguments. Also propagates any exception thrown by formatter or iterator operations.

Example

#include <format>
#include <iostream>
 
int main()
{
    char buffer[64];
 
    const auto result =
        std::format_to_n(buffer, std::size(buffer), 
                         "Hubble's H{0} {1} {2} miles/sec/mpc.\0",
                         "\u2080", "\u2245", 42);
 
    std::cout << "Buffer: \"" << buffer << "\"\n"
              << "Buffer size = " << std::size(buffer) << '\n'
              << "Untruncated output size = " << result.size << '\n';
}

Output:

Buffer: "Hubble's H₀ ≅ 42 miles/sec/mpc."
Buffer size = 64
Untruncated output size = 35

See also

(C++20)
stores formatted representation of the arguments in a new string
(function template) [edit]
(C++20)
writes out formatted representation of its arguments through an output iterator
(function template) [edit]