std::list<T,Allocator>::emplace_back

 

C++

Compiler support

Freestanding and hosted

Language

Standard library

Standard library headers

Named requirements

Feature test macros (C++20)

Language support library

Concepts library (C++20)

Metaprogramming library (C++11)

Diagnostics library

General utilities library

Strings library

Containers library

Iterators library

Ranges library (C++20)

Algorithms library

Numerics library

Localizations library

Input/output library

Filesystem library (C++17)

Regular expressions library (C++11)

Concurrency support library (C++11)

Execution support library (C++26)

Technical specifications

Symbols index

External libraries

 

Containers library

Sequence

array (C++11)

vector

vector<bool>

inplace_vector (C++26)

deque

forward_list (C++11)

list

Associative

set

multiset

map

multimap

Unordered associative

unordered_set (C++11)

unordered_multiset (C++11)

unordered_map (C++11)

unordered_multimap (C++11)

Adaptors

stack

queue

priority_queue

flat_set (C++23)

flat_multiset (C++23)

flat_map (C++23)

flat_multimap (C++23)

Views

span (C++20)

mdspan (C++23)

Tables

Iterator invalidation

Member function table

Non-member function table

 

std::list

Member functions
list::list list::~list list::operator= list::assign list::assign_range (C++23)   list::get_allocator Element access list::front list::back Iterators list::beginlist::cbegin (C++11) list::endlist::cend (C++11) list::rbeginlist::crbegin (C++11) list::rendlist::crend (C++11) Capacity list::size list::empty list::max_size	Modifiers list::clear list::insert list::insert_range (C++23) list::emplace (C++11) list::erase list::push_front list::emplace_front (C++11) list::prepend_range (C++23) list::pop_front list::push_back list::emplace_back (C++11) list::append_range (C++23) list::pop_back list::resize list::swap Operations list::merge list::splice list::removelist::remove_if list::reverse list::unique list::sort
Non-member functions
operator==operator<=> (C++20) swap(std::list) erase(std::list)erase_if(std::list) (C++20)(C++20)	operator!=operator<operator>operator<=operator>= (until C++20)(until C++20)(until C++20)(until C++20)(until C++20)
Deduction guides(C++17)

 

template< class... Args > void emplace_back( Args&&... args );		(since C++11) (until C++17)
template< class... Args > reference emplace_back( Args&&... args );		(since C++17)

Appends a new element to the end of the container. The element is constructed through std::allocator_traits::construct, which typically uses placement-new to construct the element in-place at the location provided by the container. The arguments args... are forwarded to the constructor as std::forward<Args>(args)....

No iterators or references are invalidated.

Parameters

args	-	arguments to forward to the constructor of the element
Type requirements
- T (the container's element type) must meet the requirements of EmplaceConstructible.

Return value

(none)	(until C++17)
A reference to the inserted element.	(since C++17)

Complexity

Constant.

Exceptions

If an exception is thrown for any reason, this function has no effect (strong exception safety guarantee).

Example

The following code uses emplace_back to append an object of type President to a std::list. It demonstrates how emplace_back forwards parameters to the President constructor and shows how using emplace_back avoids the extra copy or move operation required when using push_back.

Run this code

#include <list>
#include <cassert>
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
 
struct President
{
    std::string name;
    std::string country;
    int year;
 
    President(std::string p_name, std::string p_country, int p_year)
        : name(std::move(p_name)), country(std::move(p_country)), year(p_year)
    {
        std::cout << "I am being constructed.\n";
    }
 
    President(President&& other)
        : name(std::move(other.name)), country(std::move(other.country)), year(other.year)
    {
        std::cout << "I am being moved.\n";
    }
 
    President& operator=(const President& other) = default;
};
 
int main()
{
    std::list<President> elections;
    std::cout << "emplace_back:\n";
    auto& ref = elections.emplace_back("Nelson Mandela", "South Africa", 1994);
    assert(ref.year == 1994 && "uses a reference to the created object (C++17)");
 
    std::list<President> reElections;
    std::cout << "\npush_back:\n";
    reElections.push_back(President("Franklin Delano Roosevelt", "the USA", 1936));
 
    std::cout << "\nContents:\n";
    for (President const& president: elections)
        std::cout << president.name << " was elected president of "
                  << president.country << " in " << president.year << ".\n";
 
    for (President const& president: reElections)
        std::cout << president.name << " was re-elected president of "
                  << president.country << " in " << president.year << ".\n";
}

Output:

emplace_back:
I am being constructed.
 
push_back:
I am being constructed.
I am being moved.
 
Contents:
Nelson Mandela was elected president of South Africa in 1994.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt was re-elected president of the USA in 1936.

See also

push_back	adds an element to the end (public member function)
emplace (C++11)	constructs element in-place (public member function)