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std::unique_ptr<T,Deleter>::operator bool

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C++
 
Memory management library
(exposition only*)
Allocators
Uninitialized memory algorithms
Constrained uninitialized memory algorithms
Memory resources
Uninitialized storage (until C++20)
(until C++20*)
(until C++20*)

Garbage collector support (until C++23)
(C++11)(until C++23)
(C++11)(until C++23)
(C++11)(until C++23)
(C++11)(until C++23)
(C++11)(until C++23)
(C++11)(until C++23)
 
std::unique_ptr
explicit operator bool() const noexcept;
(since C++11)
(constexpr since C++23)

Checks whether *this owns an object, i.e. whether get() != nullptr.

Contents

[edit] Parameters

(none)

[edit] Return value

true if *this owns an object, false otherwise.

[edit] Example

#include <iostream>
#include <memory>
 
int main()
{
    std::unique_ptr<int> ptr(new int(42);
 
    if (ptr)
        std::cout << "before reset, ptr is: " << *ptr << '\n';
    ptr.reset();
    (ptr ? (std::cout << "after reset, ptr is: " << *ptr)
        : (std::cout << "after reset ptr is empty") << '\n';
}

Output:

before reset, ptr is: 42
after reset ptr is empty

[edit] See also

returns a pointer to the managed object
(public member function) [edit]

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