std::match_results::ready

 

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Regular expressions library

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basic_regex (C++11)

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match_results (C++11)

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std::match_results

Member functions

match_results::match_results

match_results::~match_results

match_results::operator=

match_results::get_allocator

State

match_results::ready

Element access

match_results::size

match_results::max_size

match_results::empty

match_results::length

match_results::position

match_results::str

match_results::operator[]

match_results::prefix

match_results::suffix

Iterators

match_results::beginmatch_results::cbegin

match_results::endmatch_results::cend

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match_results::format

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match_results::swap

 

bool ready() const;		(since C++11)

Indicates if the match results are ready (valid) or not.

A default-constructed match result has no result state (is not ready), and can only be made ready by one of the regex algorithms. The ready state implies that all match results have been fully established.

The result of calling most member functions of the match_results object that is not ready is undefined.

Return value

true if the match results are ready, false otherwise.

Example

Run this code

#include <iostream>
#include <regex>
#include <string>
 
int main()
{
    std::string target("pattern");
    std::smatch sm;
    std::cout << "default constructed smatch is "
              << (sm.ready() ? " ready\n" : " not ready\n");
 
    std::regex re1("tte");
    std::regex_search(target, sm, re1);
 
    std::cout << "after search, smatch is "
              << (sm.ready() ? " ready\n" : " not ready\n");
}

Output:

default constructed smatch is  not ready
after search, smatch is  ready