std::function::operator()

 

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std::function

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function::operator=

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function::operator()

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function::target

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operator==operator!=

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R operator()( Args... args ) const;		(since C++11)

Invokes the stored callable function target with the parameters args.

Effectively does INVOKE(f, std::forward<Args>(args)..., R), where f is the target object of *this and INVOKE is the operation described in Callable.

Parameters

args

-

parameters to pass to the stored callable function target

Return value

None if R is void. Otherwise the return value of the invocation of the stored callable object.

Exceptions

• std::bad_function_call if *this does not store a callable function target, i.e. !*this == true.

Example

The following example shows how std::function can passed to other functions by value. Also, it shows how std::function can store lambdas.

Run this code

#include <iostream>
#include <functional>
 
void call(std::function<int()> f)  // can be passed by value
{ 
    std::cout << f() << '\n';
}
 
int normal_function() 
{
    return 42;
}
 
int main()
{
    int n = 1;
    std::function<int()> f = [&n](){ return n; };
    call(f);
 
    n = 2;
    call(f); 
 
    f = normal_function; 
    call(f);
}

Output:

1
2
42

See also

operator()	calls the stored function (public member function of std::reference_wrapper)
bad_function_call (C++11)	the exception thrown when invoking an empty std::function (class)
invoke (C++17)	invokes any Callable object with given arguments (function template)