std::unordered_set::empty

C++

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Named requirements

Language support library

Concepts library (C++20)

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Numerics library

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Regular expressions library (C++11)

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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)

stack

queue

priority_queue

span (C++20)

std::unordered_set

Member functions

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::empty

unordered_set::size

unordered_set::max_size

Modifiers

unordered_set::clear

unordered_set::insert

unordered_set::emplace

unordered_set::emplace_hint

unordered_set::erase

unordered_set::swap

unordered_set::extract (C++17)

unordered_set::merge (C++17)

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

Deduction guides(C++17)

bool empty() const noexcept;		(since C++11) (until C++20)
[[nodiscard]] bool empty() const noexcept;		(since C++20)

Checks if the container has no elements, i.e. whether begin() == end().

Parameters

(none)

Return value

true if the container is empty, false otherwise

Complexity

Constant.

Example

The following code uses empty to check if a std::unordered_set<int> contains any elements:

Run this code

#include <unordered_set>
#include <iostream>

int main()
{
    std::unordered_set<int> numbers;
    std::cout << "Initially, numbers.empty(): " << numbers.empty() << '\n';

    numbers.insert(42);
    numbers.insert(13317); 
    std::cout << "After adding elements, numbers.empty(): " << numbers.empty() << '\n';
}

Output:

Initially, numbers.empty(): 1
After adding elements, numbers.empty(): 0

See also

size	returns the number of elements (public member function)