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std::format_to_n, std::format_to_n_result

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Defined in header <format>
template< class OutputIt, class... Args >

std::format_to_n_result<OutputIt>
    format_to_n( OutputIt out, std::iter_difference_t<OutputIt> n,

                 std::format_string<Args...> fmt, Args&&... args );
 (1) (since C++20)
template< class OutputIt, class... Args >

std::format_to_n_result<OutputIt>
    format_to_n( OutputIt out, std::iter_difference_t<OutputIt> n,

                 std::wformat_string<Args...> fmt, Args&&... args );
 (2) (since C++20)
template< class OutputIt, class... Args >

std::format_to_n_result<OutputIt>
    format_to_n( OutputIt out, std::iter_difference_t<OutputIt> n,
                 const std::locale& loc,

                 std::format_string<Args...> fmt, Args&&... args );
 (3) (since C++20)
template< class OutputIt, class... Args >

std::format_to_n_result<OutputIt>
    format_to_n( OutputIt out, std::iter_difference_t<OutputIt> n,
                 const std::locale& loc,

                 std::wformat_string<Args...> fmt, Args&&... args );
 (4) (since C++20)
Helper types
template< class OutputIt >

struct format_to_n_result {
    OutputIt out;
    std::iter_difference_t<OutputIt> size;

};
 (5) (since C++20)

Format args according to the format string fmt, and write the result to the output iterator out. At most n characters are written. If present, loc is used for locale-specific formatting.

Let CharT be char for overloads (1,3), wchar_t for overloads (2,4).

These overloads participate in overload resolution only if OutputIt satisfies the concept std::output_iterator<const CharT&>.

The behavior is undefined if OutputIt does not model (meet the semantic requirements of) the concept std::output_iterator<const CharT&>, or if std::formatter<std::remove_cvref_t<Ti>, CharT> does not meet the BasicFormatter requirements for any Ti in Args.

5) std::format_to_n_result has no base classes, or members other than out, size and implicitly declared special member functions.

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[edit] Parameters

out - iterator to the output buffer
n - maximum number of characters to be written to the buffer
fmt -
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an object that represents the format string. The format string consists of
  • ordinary characters (except { and }), which are copied unchanged to the output,
  • escape sequences {{ and }}, which are replaced with { and } respectively in the output, and
  • replacement fields.

Each replacement field has the following format:

{ arg-id (optional) } (1)
{ arg-id (optional) : format-spec } (2)
1) replacement field without a format specification
2) replacement field with a format specification
arg-id - specifies the index of the argument in args whose value is to be used for formatting; if it is omitted, the arguments are used in order.

The arg-id s in a format string must all be present or all be omitted. Mixing manual and automatic indexing is an error.

format-spec - the format specification defined by the std::formatter specialization for the corresponding argument. Cannot start with }.

(since C++23)
(since C++26)
  • For other formattable types, the format specification is determined by user-defined formatter specializations.
args... - arguments to be formatted
loc - std::locale used for locale-specific formatting

[edit] Return value

A format_to_n_result such that the out member is an iterator past the end of the output range, and the size member is the total (not truncated) output size.

[edit] Exceptions

Propagates any exception thrown by formatter or iterator operations.

[edit] Notes

The libstdc++ implementation prior to GCC-13.3 had a bug in reporting the correct format_to_n_result::out value.

[edit] Example

At Godbolt's Compiler Explorer: clang (trunk) + libc++, GCC (trunk) + libstdc++.

Run this code
#include <format>
#include <initializer_list>
#include <iomanip>
#include <iostream>
#include <string_view>
 
int main()
{
    char buffer[64];
 
    for (std::size_t max_chars_to_write : {std::size(buffer) - 1, 23uz, 21uz})
    {
        const std::format_to_n_result result =
            std::format_to_n(
                buffer, max_chars_to_write,
                "Hubble's H{2} {3} {0}{4}{1} km/sec/Mpc.", // 24 bytes w/o formatters
                71,       // {0}, occupies 2 bytes
                8,        // {1}, occupies 1 byte
                "\u2080", // {2}, occupies 3 bytes, '₀' (SUBSCRIPT ZERO)
                "\u2245", // {3}, occupies 3 bytes, '≅' (APPROXIMATELY EQUAL TO)
                "\u00B1"  // {4}, occupies 2 bytes, '±' (PLUS-MINUS SIGN)
                ); // 24 + 2 + 1 + 3 + 3 + 2 == 35, no trailing '\0'
 
        *result.out = '\0'; // adds terminator to buffer
 
        const std::string_view str(buffer, result.out);