std::rotate_copy
| Defined in header  <algorithm> | ||
| template< class ForwardIt, class OutputIt > OutputIt rotate_copy( ForwardIt first, ForwardIt middle, | (1) | (constexpr since C++20) | 
| template< class ExecutionPolicy,           class ForwardIt1, class ForwardIt2 > | (2) | (since C++17) | 
Copies the left rotation of [first, last) to d_first.
[first, last), such that in the destination range beginning at d_first, the elements in [first, middle) are placed after the elements in [middle, last) while the orders of the elements in both ranges are preserved.| std::is_execution_policy_v<std::decay_t<ExecutionPolicy>> is true. | (until C++20) | 
| std::is_execution_policy_v<std::remove_cvref_t<ExecutionPolicy>> is true. | (since C++20) | 
If any of the following conditions is satisfied, the behavior is undefined:
-  [first,middle)or[middle,last)is not a valid range.
- The source and destination ranges overlap.
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[edit] Parameters
| first, last | - | the pair of iterators defining the source range of elements to copy | 
| middle | - | an iterator to an element in [first, last)that should appear at the beginning of the new range | 
| d_first | - | beginning of the destination range | 
| policy | - | the execution policy to use | 
| Type requirements | ||
| - ForwardIt, ForwardIt1, ForwardIt2must meet the requirements of LegacyForwardIterator. | ||
| - OutputItmust meet the requirements of LegacyOutputIterator. | ||
[edit] Return value
Output iterator to the element past the last element copied.
[edit] Complexity
Exactly std::distance(first, last) assignments.
[edit] Exceptions
The overload with a template parameter named ExecutionPolicy reports errors as follows:
-  If execution of a function invoked as part of the algorithm throws an exception and ExecutionPolicyis one of the standard policies, std::terminate is called. For any otherExecutionPolicy, the behavior is implementation-defined.
- If the algorithm fails to allocate memory, std::bad_alloc is thrown.
[edit] Possible implementation
See also the implementations in libstdc++, libc++, and MSVC STL.
[edit] Example
#include <algorithm> #include <iostream> #include <iterator> #include <vector> int main() { std::vector<int> src{1, 2, 3, 4, 5}; std::vector<int> dest(src.size()); auto pivot = std::find(src.begin(), src.end(), 3); std::rotate_copy(src.begin(), pivot, src.end(), dest.begin()); for (int i : dest) std::cout << i << ' '; std::cout << '\n'; // copy the rotation result directly to the std::cout pivot = std::find(dest.begin(), dest.end(), 1); std::rotate_copy(dest.begin(), pivot, dest.end(), std::ostream_iterator<int>(std::cout, " ")); std::cout << '\n'; }
Output:
3 4 5 1 2 1 2 3 4 5
[edit] See also
| rotates the order of elements in a range (function template) | |
| (C++20) | copies and rotate a range of elements (algorithm function object) | 


