std::rotate_copy
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                    | Defined in header  <algorithm> | ||
| (1) | ||
| template< class ForwardIt, class OutputIt > OutputIt rotate_copy( ForwardIt first, ForwardIt n_first, | (until C++20) | |
| template< class ForwardIt, class OutputIt > constexpr OutputIt rotate_copy( ForwardIt first, ForwardIt n_first, | (since C++20) | |
| template< class ExecutionPolicy, class ForwardIt1, class ForwardIt2 > ForwardIt2 rotate_copy( ExecutionPolicy&& policy, | (2) | (since C++17) | 
1) Copies the elements from the range 
[first, last), to another range beginning at d_first in such a way, that the element *(n_first) becomes the first element of the new range and *(n_first - 1) becomes the last element. The behavior is undefined if either 
[first, n_first) or [n_first, last) is not a valid range, or the source and destination ranges overlap.2) Same as (1), but executed according to policy. This overload does not participate in overload resolution unless 
| 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) | 
| Contents | 
[edit] Parameters
| first, last | - | the range of elements to copy | 
| n_first | - | 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. See execution policy for details. | 
| 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
linear in the distance between first and last.
[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
Run this code
#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 (niebloid) | 


