std::indirect_array
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                    |   Defined in header  <valarray>
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|   template< class T > class indirect_array;  | 
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std::gslice_array is a helper template used by std::indirect_array subscript operator. It has reference semantics to a subset of the array specified by an indirect array (std::valarray<std::size_t> object).
Member types
| Type | Definition | 
  value_type
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  T
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Member functions
  constructs a indirect_array (public member function)  | |
  destroys a indirect_array (public member function)  | |
|    assigns contents  (public member function)  | |
|    performs arithmetic operation on the array referred by indirect array.  (public member function)  | 
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::valarray<std::size_t> idx = {0,2,4,6,8}; std::cout << "Original valarray: "; for(int n: data) std::cout << n << ' '; std::cout << '\n'; data[idx] += data[idx]; // double the values at indexes 'idx' // the type of data[idx] is std::indirect_array<int> std::cout << "After indirect modification: "; for(int n: data) std::cout << n << ' '; std::cout << '\n'; }
Output:
Original valarray: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 After indirect modification: 0 1 4 3 8 5 12 7 16 9