std::optional::value

 

C++

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Utilities library

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initializer_list (C++11)

bitset

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rel_ops::operator!=rel_ops::operator>rel_ops::operator<=rel_ops::operator>=

Optional and any

optional (C++17)

any (C++17)

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pair

tuple (C++11)

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piecewise_construct (C++11)

integer_sequence (C++14)

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swap

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Type operations

declval (C++11)

as_const (C++17)

 

std::optional

Member functions

optional::optional

optional::~optional

optional::operator=

Observers

optional::operator->optional::operator*

optional::operator bool

optional::value

optional::value_or

Modifiers

optional::emplace

optional::swap

Non-member functions

operator==operator!=operator<operator<=operator>operator>=

make_optional

swap

Helper classes

hash

nullopt_t

in_place_t

bad_optional_access

Helper objects

nullopt

in_place

 

constexpr T& value() &; constexpr const T & value() const &;	(1)	(since C++17)
constexpr T&& value() &&; constexpr const T&& value() const &&;	(2)	(since C++17)

Returns the contained value.

1) Equivalent to return bool(*this) ? *val : throw bad_optional_access();

2) Equivalent to return bool(*this) ? std::move(*val) : throw bad_optional_access();

Parameters

(none)

Return value

A reference to the contained value.

Exceptions

std::bad_optional_access if *this does not contain a value.

Notes

The dereference operator operator*() does not check if this optional contains a value, which may be more efficient than value().

Example

Run this code

#include <optional>
#include <iostream>
int main()
{
    std::optional<int> opt = {};
 
    try {
        int n = opt.value();
    } catch(const std::logic_error& e) {
        std::cout << e.what() << '\n';
    }
}

Possible output:

optional<T>::value: not engaged

See also

value_or	returns the contained value if available, another value otherwise (public member function)
operator->operator*	accesses the contained value (public member function)
bad_optional_access (C++17)	exception indicating checked access to an optional that doesn't contain a value (class)