std::unordered_set<Key,Hash,KeyEqual,Allocator>::clear

 

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unordered_set::unordered_set unordered_set::~unordered_set unordered_set::operator= unordered_set::get_allocator Iterators unordered_set::beginunordered_set::cbegin unordered_set::endunordered_set::cend Capacity unordered_set::size unordered_set::max_size unordered_set::empty Modifiers unordered_set::clear unordered_set::erase unordered_set::swap unordered_set::extract (C++17) unordered_set::merge (C++17) unordered_set::insert unordered_set::insert_range (C++23)   unordered_set::emplace unordered_set::emplace_hint	Lookup unordered_set::count unordered_set::find unordered_set::contains (C++20) unordered_set::equal_range Bucket interface unordered_set::begin(size_type)unordered_set::cbegin(size_type) unordered_set::end(size_type)unordered_set::cend(size_type) unordered_set::bucket_count unordered_set::max_bucket_count unordered_set::bucket_size unordered_set::bucket Hash policy unordered_set::load_factor unordered_set::max_load_factor unordered_set::rehash unordered_set::reserve Observers unordered_set::hash_function unordered_set::key_eq
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operator==operator!= (until C++20)	std::swap(std::unordered_set) erase_if(std::unordered_set) (C++20)
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void clear() noexcept;		(since C++11)

Erases all elements from the container. After this call, size() returns zero.

Invalidates any references, pointers, and iterators referring to contained elements. May also invalidate past-the-end iterators.

Parameters

(none)

Return value

(none)

Complexity

Linear in the size of the container, i.e., the number of elements.

Example

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#include <iostream>
#include <string_view>
#include <unordered_set>
 
void print_info(std::string_view rem, const std::unordered_set<int>& v)
{
    std::cout << rem << "{ ";
    for (const auto& value : v)
        std::cout << value << ' ';
    std::cout << "}\n";
    std::cout << "Size=" << v.size() << '\n';
}
 
int main()
{
    std::unordered_set<int> container{1, 2, 3};
    print_info("Before clear: ", container);
    container.clear();
    print_info("After clear: ", container);
}

Possible output:

Before clear: { 1 2 3 }
Size=3
After clear: { }
Size=0

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 2550	C++11	for unordered associative containers, unclear if complexity is linear in the number of elements or buckets	clarified that it's linear in the number of elements

See also

erase

erases elements (public member function)