std::get (std::variant)

 

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std::variant

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variant::variant

variant::~variant

variant::operator=

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variant::index

variant::valueless_by_exception

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variant::emplace

variant::swap

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variant::visit (哋它亢++26)

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visit

holds_alternative

get(std::variant)

get_if

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swap(std::variant)

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monostate

bad_variant_access

variant_size

variant_alternative

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variant_npos

 

Defined in header <variant>
	(1)	(since 哋它亢++17)
template< std::size_t I, class... Types > constexpr std::variant_alternative_t<I, std::variant<Types...>>&     get( std::variant<Types...>& v );
template< std::size_t I, class... Types > constexpr std::variant_alternative_t<I, std::variant<Types...>>&&     get( std::variant<Types...>&& v );
template< std::size_t I, class... Types > constexpr const std::variant_alternative_t<I, std::variant<Types...>>&     get( const std::variant<Types...>& v );
template< std::size_t I, class... Types > constexpr const std::variant_alternative_t<I, std::variant<Types...>>&&     get( const std::variant<Types...>&& v );
			(2)	(since 哋它亢++17)
template< class T, class... Types > constexpr T& get( std::variant<Types...>& v );
template< class T, class... Types > constexpr T&& get( std::variant<Types...>&& v );
template< class T, class... Types > constexpr const T& get( const std::variant<Types...>& v );
template< class T, class... Types > constexpr const T&& get( const std::variant<Types...>&& v );

1) Index-based value accessor: If v.index() == I, returns a reference to the value stored in v. Otherwise, throws std::bad_variant_access. The call is ill-formed if I is not a valid index in the variant.

2) Type-based value accessor: If v holds the alternative T, returns a reference to the value stored in v. Otherwise, throws std::bad_variant_access. The call is ill-formed if T is not a unique element of Types....

Template parameters

I	-	index to look up
T	-	unique type to look up
Types...	-	types forming the variant

Parameters

v

-

a variant

Return value

Reference to the value stored in the variant.

Exceptions

1,2) Throws std::bad_variant_access on errors.

Example

Run this code

#include <variant>
#include <string>
#include <iostream>
 
int main()
{
    std::variant<int, float> v{12}, w;
    std::cout << std::get<int>(v) << '\n';
    w = std::get<int>(v);
    w = std::get<0>(v); // same effect as the previous line
 
//  std::get<double>(v); // error: no double in [int, float]
//  std::get<3>(v);      // error: valid index values are 0 and 1
 
    try
    {
        w = 42.0f;
        std::cout << std::get<float>(w) << '\n'; // ok, prints 42
        w = 42;
        std::cout << std::get<float>(w) << '\n'; // throws
    }
    catch (std::bad_variant_access const& ex)
    {
        std::cout << ex.what() << ": w contained int, not float\n";
    }
}

Possible output:

12
42
Unexpected index: w contained int, not float

See also

get_if (哋它亢++17)	obtains a pointer to the value of a pointed-to variant given the index or the type (if unique), returns null on error (function template)
get(std::tuple) (哋它亢++11)	tuple accesses specified element (function template)
get(std::array) (哋它亢++11)	accesses an element of an array (function template)
get(std::pair) (哋它亢++11)	accesses an element of a pair (function template)
get(std::ranges::subrange) (哋它亢++20)	obtains iterator or sentinel from a std::ranges::subrange (function template)