std::istream_iterator<T,CharT,Traits,Distance>::istream_iterator

 

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istream_iterator ostream_iterator	istreambuf_iterator ostreambuf_iterator
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ranges::iter_move (C++20)
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std::istream_iterator

Member functions

istream_iterator::istream_iterator

istream_iterator::~istream_iterator

istream_iterator::operator*istream_iterator::operator->

istream_iterator::operator++istream_iterator::operator++(int)

Non-member functions

operator==operator!= (until C++20)

 

	(1)
istream_iterator();			(until C++11)
constexpr istream_iterator();			(since C++11)
constexpr istream_iterator( std::default_sentinel_t );		(2)	(since C++20)
istream_iterator( istream_type& stream );		(3)
		(4)
istream_iterator( const istream_iterator& other );				(until C++11)
istream_iterator( const istream_iterator& other ) = default;				(since C++11)

1,2) Constructs the end-of-stream iterator, value-initializes the stored value. This constructor is constexpr if the initializer in the definition auto x = T(); is a constant initializer (since C++11).

3) Initializes the iterator, stores the address of stream in a data member, and performs the first read from the input stream to initialize the cached value data member.

4) Constructs a copy of other. If std::is_trivially_copy_constructible<T>::value is true, this copy constructor is a trivial copy constructor. (since C++11)

Parameters

stream	-	stream to initialize the istream_iterator with
other	-	another istream_iterator of the same type

Examples

Run this code

#include <algorithm>
#include <iostream>
#include <iterator>
#include <sstream>
 
int main()
{
    std::istringstream stream("1 2 3 4 5");
    std::copy(
        std::istream_iterator<int>(stream),
        std::istream_iterator<int>(),
        std::ostream_iterator<int>(std::cout, " ")
    );
}

Output:

1 2 3 4 5

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 1280	C++98	overload (3) stored stream directly	stores its address instead
P0738R2	C++98	the first read might be deferred to the first dereference	always performed in the constructor