# std::unordered_set<Key,Hash,KeyEqual,Allocator>::max_size

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size_type max_size() const noexcept; |  | (since C++11)

Returns the maximum number of elements the container is able to hold due to system or library implementation limitations, i.e. std::distance(begin(), end()) for the largest container.

### Parameters

(none)

### Return value

Maximum number of elements.

### Complexity

Constant.

### Notes

This value typically reflects the theoretical limit on the size of the container, at most std::numeric_limits<difference_type>::max(). At runtime, the size of the container may be limited to a value smaller than `max_size()` by the amount of RAM available.

### Example

Run this code

    #include <iostream>
    #include <locale>
    #include <unordered_set>

    int main()
    {
        std::unordered_set<char> q;
        std::cout.imbue(std::locale("en_US.UTF-8"));
        std::cout << "Maximum size of a std::unordered_set is " << q.max_size() << '\n';
    }

Possible output:

    Maximum size of a std::unordered_set is 768,614,336,404,564,650

### See also

size (C++11) | returns the number of elements (public member function)

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