std::deque
| Defined in header  <deque> | ||
| template<     class T, | ||
std::deque (double-ended queue) is an indexed sequence container that allows fast insertion and deletion at both its beginning and its end. In addition, insertion and deletion at either end of a deque never invalidates pointers or references to the rest of the elements.
As opposed to std::vector, the elements of a deque are not stored contiguously: typical implementations use a sequence of individually allocated fixed-size arrays.
The storage of a deque is automatically expanded and contracted as needed. Expansion of a deque is cheaper than the expansion of a std::vector because it does not involve copying of the existing elements to a new memory location.
The complexity (efficiency) of common operations on deques is as follows:
- Random access - constant O(1)
- Insertion or removal of elements at the end or beginning - amortized constant O(1)
- Insertion or removal of elements - linear O(n)
std::deque meets the requirements of Container, AllocatorAwareContainer, SequenceContainer and ReversibleContainer.
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[edit] Member types
| Member type | Definition | 
| value_type | T | 
| allocator_type | Allocator | 
| size_type | Unsigned integral type (usually size_t) | 
| difference_type | Signed integer type (usually ptrdiff_t) | 
| reference | Allocator::reference(until C++11)value_type&(since C++11) | 
| const_reference | Allocator::const_reference(until C++11)const value_type&(since C++11) | 
| pointer | Allocator::pointer(until C++11)std::allocator_traits<Allocator>::pointer (since C++11) | 
| const_pointer | Allocator::const_pointer (until C++11) std::allocator_traits<Allocator>::const_pointer (since C++11) | 
| iterator | RandomAccessIterator | 
| const_iterator | Constant random access iterator | 
| reverse_iterator | std::reverse_iterator<iterator> | 
| const_reverse_iterator | std::reverse_iterator<const_iterator> | 
[edit] Member functions
| constructs the deque(public member function) | |
| destructs the deque(public member function) | |
| assigns values to the container (public member function) | |
| assigns values to the container (public member function) | |
| returns the associated allocator (public member function) | |
| Element access | |
| access specified element with bounds checking (public member function) | |
| access specified element (public member function) | |
| access the first element (public member function) | |
| access the last element (public member function) | |
| Iterators | |
| returns an iterator to the beginning (public member function) | |
| returns an iterator to the end (public member function) | |
| returns a reverse iterator to the beginning (public member function) | |
| returns a reverse iterator to the end (public member function) | |
| Capacity | |
| checks whether the container is empty (public member function) | |
| returns the number of elements (public member function) | |
| returns the maximum possible number of elements (public member function) | |
| (C++11) | reduces memory usage by freeing unused memory (public member function) | 
| Modifiers | |
| clears the contents (public member function) | |
| inserts elements (public member function) | |
| (C++11) | constructs element in-place (public member function) | 
| erases elements (public member function) | |
| adds elements to the end (public member function) | |
| (C++11) | constructs elements in-place at the end (public member function) | 
| removes the last element (public member function) | |
| inserts elements to the beginning (public member function) | |
| (C++11) | constructs elements in-place at the beginning (public member function) | 
| removes the first element (public member function) | |
| changes the number of elements stored (public member function) | |
| swaps the contents (public member function) | |
[edit] Non-member functions
| lexicographically compares the values in the deque (function template) | |
| specializes the std::swap algorithm (function template) | |