std::deque::emplace_back

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Technical Specifications

Containers library

array (C++11)

vector

deque

forward_list (C++11)

list

set

multiset

map

multimap

unordered_set (C++11)

unordered_multiset (C++11)

unordered_map (C++11)

unordered_multimap (C++11)

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std::deque

Member functions

deque::deque

deque::~deque

deque::operator=

deque::assign

deque::get_allocator

Element access

deque::front

deque::back

Iterators

deque::begindeque::cbegin (C++11)

deque::enddeque::cend (C++11)

deque::rbegindeque::crbegin (C++11)

deque::renddeque::crend (C++11)

Capacity

deque::empty

deque::size

deque::max_size

deque::shrink_to_fit

Modifiers

deque::clear

deque::insert

deque::emplace

deque::erase

deque::push_front

deque::emplace_front

deque::pop_front

deque::push_back

deque::emplace_back

deque::pop_back

deque::resize

deque::swap

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)....

All iterators, including the past-the-end iterator, are invalidated. No 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, this function has no effect (strong exception guarantee).

Example

The following code uses emplace_back to append an object of type President to a std::deque. 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 <deque>
#include <string>
#include <iostream>

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::deque<President> elections;
    std::cout << "emplace_back:\n";
    elections.emplace_back("Nelson Mandela", "South Africa", 1994);

    std::deque<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)