The C++ std::array::data() function provides a direct pointer to the underlying array used by a array container. This function returns a pointer to the first element of the array, allowing access to the internal data.
SyntaxFollowing is the syntax for std::array::data() function.
value_type* data() noexcept; const value_type* data() const noexcept;Parameters
It does not accepts any parameter
Return ValueIt returns a pointer to the data contained by the array object.
ExceptionsThis function never throws exception.
Time complexityConstant i.e. O(1)
Example 1In the following example, we are going to consider the basic usage of the data() function.
#include <iostream> #include <array> using namespace std; int main(void) { array < char, 128 > s = {"C++ standard library from tutorialspoint.com"}; char * p, * q; p = s.data(); cout << p << endl; q = p; while ( * q) { cout << * q; ++q; } cout << endl; return 0; }Output
Output of the above code is as follows −
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Consider the following example, where we are going to apply the data() function on the integer array.
#include <iostream> #include <array> using namespace std; int main() { array < int, 10 > arr = {9,12,15,18,21,24,27,30,33,36}; cout << "The array elements are "; for (auto it = arr.begin(); it != arr.end(); it++) cout << * it << " "; auto it = arr.data(); cout << "\nThe first element = " << * it; it++; cout << "\nThe second element = " << * it; it++; cout << "\nThe third element = " << * it; return 0; }Output
Following is the output of the above code −
The array elements are 9 12 15 18 21 24 27 30 33 36 The first element = 9 The second element = 12 The third element = 15Example 3
Let's look at the following example, where we are going to consider th character array and applying the data() function.
#include <iostream> #include <array> using namespace std; int main() { array < char, 3 > x = {'a','n','u'}; cout << "The array elements are = "; for (auto it = x.begin(); it != x.end(); it++) cout << * it << " "; auto it = x.data(); cout << "\nThe first element = " << * it; return 0; }Output
If we run the above code it will generate the following output −
The array elements are = a n u The first element = a
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