# std::experimental::where_expression

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Defined in header `<experimental/simd>` |  |
template< class M, class V > class where_expression; |  | (parallelism TS v2)

The class template `where_expression` abstracts the notion of selected elements of a given lvalue of arithmetic or data-parallel type. Selected elements are the elements of the lvalue (of type `V`) for which the corresponding element of the mask (of type `M`) is true. Operators applied to objects of type `where_expression<M, V>` are applied only to selected elements. All other elements are left unchanged.

Use the `where` function to construct `where_expression` objects.

### Template parameters

M | - | The mask type
V | - | The value type M applies on

Valid combinations of `(`M`,` V`)` are:

- `(`simd_mask<T, Abi>`,` simd<T, Abi>`)`,
- `(`simd_mask<T, Abi>`,` simd_mask<T, Abi>`)`,
- `(`bool`,` T`)`.

### Member functions

operator= | assigns to selected positions (public member function)
operator+= operator-= operator*= operator/= operator%= operator&= operator|= operator^= operator<<= operator>>= | compound operators (public member function)
operator++ operator-- | increment and decrement operators (public member function)
copy_from | loads from address to selected positions (public member function)

### Example

Run this code

    #include <experimental/simd>
    #include <iostream>
    namespace stdx = std::experimental;

    void print(auto const& a)
    {
        for (std::size_t i{}; i != std::size(a); ++i)
            std::cout << a[i] << ' ';
        std::cout << '\n';
    }

    template<class A>
    stdx::simd<int, A> my_abs(stdx::simd<int, A> x)
    {
        where(x < 0, x) = -x;
        return x;
    }

    int main()
    {
        const stdx::native_simd<int> a([](int i) { return i - 2; });
        print(a);
        const auto b = my_abs(a);
        print(b);
    }

Possible output:

    -2 -1 0 1
    2 1 0 1

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