std::valarray::operator[]
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|   T                      operator[]( std::size_t pos ) const;  | 
(until C++11) | |
|   const T&               operator[]( std::size_t pos ) const;  | 
(since C++11) | |
|   T&                     operator[]( std::size_t pos );  | 
(2) | |
|   std::valarray<T>       operator[]( std::slice slicearr ) const;  | 
(3) | |
|   std::slice_array<T>    operator[]( std::slice slicearr );  | 
(4) | |
|   std::valarray<T>       operator[]( const std::gslice& gslicearr ) const;  | 
(5) | |
|   std::gslice_array<T>   operator[]( const std::gslice& gslicearr );  | 
(6) | |
|   std::valarray<T>       operator[]( const valarray<bool>& boolarr ) const;  | 
(7) | |
|   std::mask_array<T>     operator[]( const valarray<bool>& boolarr );  | 
(8) | |
|   std::valarray<T>       operator[]( const valarray<std::size_t>& indarr ) const;  | 
(9) | |
|   std::indirect_array<T> operator[]( const valarray<std::size_t>& indarr );  | 
(10) | |
Retrieve single elements or portions of the array.
The const overloads that return element sequences create a new std::valarray object. The non-const overloads return classes holding references to the array elements.
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[edit] Parameters
| This section is incomplete Reason: Explain the parameters  | 
[edit] Return value
1,2) A reference to the corresponding element
3,5,7,9) A std::valarray object containing copies of the selected items
4,6,8,10) The corresponding data structure containing references to the selected items 
[edit] Exceptions
(none)
[edit] Precondition
The selected elements must exist.
[edit] Notes
-  For proper values of 
iandj, the following properties are true: 
1) (a[i] = q, a[i]) == q
-  For a non-const 
a. 
2) &a[i+j] == &a[i] + j 
- This means that valarray elements are adjacent in memory.
 
3) &a[i] != &b[j]
- This holds for every objects 
aandbthat are not aliases of one another. - This means that there are no aliases in the elements and this property can be used to perform some kinds of optimization.
 
- References become invalid on resize or when the array is destructed.
 
For overloads (3,5,7,9), The function can be implemented with the return type different from std::valarray. In this case, the replacement type has the following properties:
- All const member functions of std::valarray are provided.
 - std::valarray, std::slice_array, std::gslice_array, std::mask_array and std::indirect_array can be constructed from the replacement type.
 - All functions accepting an argument of type const std::valarray& except begin() and end() (since C++11) should also accept the replacement type.
 - All functions accepting two arguments of type const std::valarray& should accept every combination of const std::valarray& and the replacement type.
 - The return type does not add more than two levels of template nesting over the most deeply-nested argument type.
 
[edit] Notes
Slice/mask/indirect index accesses do not chain: v[v==n][std::slice(0,5,2] = x; is an error because std::mask_array (the type of v[v==n]) does not have operator[].
[edit] Example
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#include <iostream> #include <valarray> int main() { std::valarray<int> data = {0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9}; std::cout << "Initial valarray: "; for(int n: data) std::cout << n << ' '; std::cout << '\n'; data[data > 5] = -1; // valarray<bool> overload of operator[] // the type of data>5 is std::valarray<bool> // the type of data[data>5] is std::mask_array<int> std::cout << "After v[v>5]=-1: "; for(std::size_t n = 0; n < data.size(); ++n) std::cout << data[n] << ' '; // regular operator[] std::cout << '\n'; }
Output:
Initial valarray: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 After v[v>5]=-1: 0 1 2 3 4 5 -1 -1 -1 -1