std::ranges::move_backward, std::ranges::move_backward_result

 

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Algorithm library

Constrained algorithms and algorithms on ranges (C++20)
Constrained algorithms, e.g. ranges::copy, ranges::sort, ...
Execution policies (C++17)
is_execution_policy (C++17)   execution::seqexecution::parexecution::par_unseqexecution::unseq (C++17)    (C++17)(C++17)(C++20)	execution::sequenced_policyexecution::parallel_policyexecution::parallel_unsequenced_policyexecution::parallel_unsequenced (C++17)(C++17)(C++17)(C++20)
Non-modifying sequence operations Batch operations for_each for_each_n (C++17) Search operations all_ofany_ofnone_of (C++11)                (C++11)(C++11) countcount_if mismatch equal findfind_iffind_if_not (C++11) find_end find_first_of adjacent_find search search_n Modifying sequence operations Copy operations copycopy_if (C++11) copy_backward copy_n (C++11) move (C++11) move_backward (C++11) Swap operations swap iter_swap swap_ranges Transformation operations replacereplace_if transform replace_copyreplace_copy_if Generation operations fill fill_n generate generate_n Removing operations removeremove_if unique remove_copyremove_copy_if unique_copy Order-changing operations reverse reverse_copy rotate rotate_copy random_shuffleshuffle (until C++17)(C++11) shift_leftshift_right (C++20)(C++20) Sampling operations sample (C++17)	Sorting and related operations Partitioning operations partition partition_copy (C++11)   stable_partition is_partitioned (C++11) partition_point (C++11) Sorting operations sort stable_sort partial_sort partial_sort_copy is_sorted (C++11) is_sorted_until (C++11) nth_element Binary search operations (on partitioned ranges) lower_bound upper_bound equal_range binary_search Set operations (on sorted ranges) includes set_union set_intersection set_difference set_symmetric_difference Merge operations (on sorted ranges) merge inplace_merge Heap operations push_heap pop_heap make_heap sort_heap is_heap (C++11) is_heap_until (C++11) Minimum/maximum operations max min minmax (C++11) clamp (C++17) max_element min_element minmax_element (C++11) Lexicographical comparison operations lexicographical_compare lexicographical_compare_three_way (C++20) Permutation operations next_permutation prev_permutation is_permutation (C++11) C library qsort bsearch
Numeric operations
iota (C++11) inner_product adjacent_difference    accumulate reduce (C++17) transform_reduce (C++17)	partial_sum inclusive_scan (C++17)    exclusive_scan (C++17) transform_inclusive_scan (C++17) transform_exclusive_scan (C++17)
Operations on uninitialized memory
uninitialized_copy uninitialized_move (C++17)    uninitialized_fill uninitialized_copy_n (C++11) uninitialized_move_n (C++17) uninitialized_fill_n	destroy (C++17) destroy_n (C++17) destroy_at (C++17) construct_at (C++20)       uninitialized_default_construct (C++17) uninitialized_value_construct (C++17) uninitialized_default_construct_n (C++17) uninitialized_value_construct_n (C++17)

 

Constrained algorithms

All names in this menu belong to namespace std::ranges

Non-modifying sequence operations

all_ofany_ofnone_of for_each for_each_n    countcount_if adjacent_find mismatch equal lexicographical_compare    containscontains_subrange (C++23)(C++23) findfind_iffind_if_not find_lastfind_last_iffind_last_if_not (C++23)(C++23)(C++23)   find_end find_first_of search search_n starts_with (C++23) ends_with (C++23)

Modifying sequence operations

copycopy_if copy_n copy_backward    move move_backward shift_leftshift_right (C++23)(C++23)   fill fill_n generate generate_n    transform swap_ranges    shuffle sample removeremove_if replacereplace_if reverse rotate remove_copyremove_copy_if    unique replace_copyreplace_copy_if reverse_copy rotate_copy unique_copy

Partitioning operations

is_partitioned    partition_point    partition    partition_copy    stable_partition

Sorting operations

is_sorted is_sorted_until     sort stable_sort         partial_sort       nth_element partial_sort_copy

Binary search operations (on sorted ranges)

lower_bound         upper_bound         binary_search      equal_range

Set operations (on sorted ranges)

merge inplace_merge       set_difference set_intersection    set_union          includes set_symmetric_difference

Heap operations

is_heap is_heap_until       make_heap           sort_heap push_heap pop_heap

Minimum/maximum operations

max max_element         min min_element         minmax minmax_element     clamp

Permutation operations

is_permutation      next_permutation    prev_permutation

Fold operations

fold_left (C++23) fold_left_first (C++23)   fold_right (C++23) fold_right_last (C++23)   fold_left_with_iter (C++23) fold_left_first_with_iter (C++23)

Numeric operations iota (C++23)             Random number generation generate_random (C++26)

Operations on uninitialized storage

construct_at    destroy destroy_n destroy_at uninitialized_copy    uninitialized_move uninitialized_fill uninitialized_copy_n    uninitialized_move_n uninitialized_fill_n uninitialized_default_construct uninitialized_default_construct_n uninitialized_value_construct uninitialized_value_construct_n

Return types

in_fun_result in_in_result in_found_result    in_out_result in_in_out_result    in_out_out_result    min_max_result out_value_result (C++23) in_value_result (C++23)

 

Defined in header <algorithm>
Call signature
template<std::bidirectional_iterator I1, std::sentinel_for<I1> S1,          std::bidirectional_iterator I2>   requires std::indirectly_movable<I1, I2>     constexpr ranges::move_backward_result<I1, I2>       ranges::move_backward( I1 first, S1 last, I2 result );	(1)	(since C++20)
template<ranges::bidirectional_range R, std::bidirectional_iterator I>   requires std::indirectly_movable<ranges::iterator_t<R>, I>     constexpr ranges::move_backward_result<ranges::borrowed_iterator_t<R>, I>       ranges::move_backward( R&& r, I result );	(2)	(since C++20)
Helper types
template<class I, class O>   using move_backward_result = ranges::in_out_result<I, O>;	(3)	(since C++20)

1) Moves the elements in the range, defined by [first, last), to another range [result - N, result), where N = last - first. The elements are moved in reverse order (the last element is moved first), but their relative order is preserved. Precondition: result is not within (first, last], otherwise the behavior is undefined and std::ranges::move should be used instead. Note: the elements in the moved-from range will still contain valid values of the appropriate type, but not necessarily the same values as before the move, as if using *(result - n) = ranges::iter_move(last - n) for each integer n, where 0 ≤ n < N.

2) Same as (1), but uses r as the source range, as if using ranges::begin(r) as first, and ranges::end(r) as last.

The function-like entities described on this page are niebloids, that is:

• Explicit template argument lists cannot be specified when calling any of them.
• None of them are visible to argument-dependent lookup.
• When any of them are found by normal unqualified lookup as the name to the left of the function-call operator, argument-dependent lookup is inhibited.

In practice, they may be implemented as function objects, or with special compiler extensions.

Parameters

first	-	the beginning of the range of elements to move
last	-	the end of the range of elements to move
r	-	the range of the elements to move
result	-	the beginning of the destination range

Return value

1) The ranges::move_backward_result<I, O>{last, result - N}.

2) Same as (1), but return type is ranges::move_backward_result<ranges::borrowed_iterator_t<R>, I>.

Complexity

1) Exactly last - first move assignments.

2) Exactly std::ranges::size(r) move assignments.

Notes

When moving overlapping ranges, ranges::move is appropriate when moving to the left (beginning of the destination range is outside the source range) while ranges::move_backward is appropriate when moving to the right (end of the destination range is outside the source range).

Possible implementation

struct move_backward_fn { template<std::bidirectional_iterator I1, std::sentinel_for<I1> S1, std::bidirectional_iterator I2> requires std::indirectly_movable<I1, I2> constexpr ranges::move_backward_result<I1, I2> operator()( I1 first, S1 last, I2 result ) const { auto i {last}; for (; i != first; *--result = ranges::iter_move(--i)); return {std::move(last), std::move(result)}; }   template<ranges::bidirectional_range R, std::bidirectional_iterator I> requires std::indirectly_movable<ranges::iterator_t<R>, I> constexpr ranges::move_backward_result<ranges::borrowed_iterator_t<R>, I> operator()( R&& r, I result ) const { return (*this)(ranges::begin(r), ranges::end(r), std::move(result)); } };   inline constexpr move_backward_fn move_backward{};

Example

Run this code

#include <algorithm>
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <string_view>
#include <vector>
using namespace std::literals;
 
using Vec = std::vector<std::string>;
 
void print(std::string_view rem, Vec const& vec) {
    std::cout << rem << "[" << vec.size() << "]: ";
    for (const std::string& s : vec)
        std::cout << (s.size() ? s : "·"s) << ' ';
    std::cout << '\n';
}
 
int main()
{
    Vec a{"▁", "▂", "▃", "▄", "▅", "▆", "▇", "█"};
    Vec b(a.size());
 
    print("Before move:\n" "a", a);
    print("b", b);
 
    std::ranges::move_backward(a, b.end());
 
    print("\n" "Move a >> b:\n" "a", a);
    print("b", b);
 
    std::ranges::move_backward(b.begin(), b.end(), a.end());
    print("\n" "Move b >> a:\n" "a", a);
    print("b", b);
 
    std::ranges::move_backward(a.begin(), a.begin()+3, a.end());
    print("\n" "Overlapping move a[0, 3) >> a[5, 8):\n" "a", a);
}

Possible output:

Before move:
a[8]: ▁ ▂ ▃ ▄ ▅ ▆ ▇ █
b[8]: · · · · · · · ·
 
Move a >> b:
a[8]: · · · · · · · ·
b[8]: ▁ ▂ ▃ ▄ ▅ ▆ ▇ █
 
Move b >> a:
a[8]: ▁ ▂ ▃ ▄ ▅ ▆ ▇ █
b[8]: · · · · · · · ·
 
Overlapping move a[0, 3) >> a[5, 8):
a[8]: · · · ▄ ▅ ▁ ▂ ▃

See also

ranges::move (C++20)	moves a range of elements to a new location (niebloid)
ranges::copyranges::copy_if (C++20)(C++20)	copies a range of elements to a new location (niebloid)
ranges::copy_backward (C++20)	copies a range of elements in backwards order (niebloid)
move (C++11)	moves a range of elements to a new location (function template)
move (C++11)	converts the argument to an xvalue (function template)