std::optional<T>::operator bool, std::optional<T>::has_value

 

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std::optional

Member functions

optional::optional (C++17)

optional::~optional (C++17)

optional::operator= (C++17)

Observers

optional::operator->optional::operator* (C++17)(C++17)

optional::operator booloptional::has_value (C++17)(C++17)

optional::value (C++17)

optional::value_or (C++17)

Monadic operations

optional::and_then (C++23)

optional::transform (C++23)

optional::or_else (C++23)

Modifiers

optional::emplace (C++17)

optional::swap (C++17)

optional::reset (C++17)

Non-member functions

operator==operator!=operator<operator<=operator>operator>=operator<=> (C++17)(C++17)(C++17)(C++17)(C++17)(C++17)(C++20)

make_optional (C++17)

swap (C++17)

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hash (C++17)

nullopt_t (C++17)

in_place_t (C++17)

bad_optional_access (C++17)

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nullopt (C++17)

in_place (C++17)

 

constexpr explicit operator bool() const noexcept;		(since C++17)
constexpr bool has_value() const noexcept;		(since C++17)

Checks whether *this contains a value.

Parameters

(none)

Return value

true if *this contains a value, false if *this does not contain a value.

Example

Run this code

#include <optional>
#include <iostream>
 
int main()
{
    std::cout << std::boolalpha;
 
    std::optional<int> opt;
    std::cout << opt.has_value() << '\n';
 
    opt = 43;
    if (opt)
        std::cout << "value set to " << opt.value() << '\n';
    else
        std::cout << "value not set\n";
 
    opt.reset();
    if (opt.has_value())
        std::cout << "value still set to " << opt.value() << '\n';
    else
        std::cout << "value no longer set\n";
}

Output:

false
value set to 43
value no longer set