# std::out_of_range

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Defined in header `<stdexcept>` |  |
class out_of_range; |  |

Defines a type of object to be thrown as exception. It reports errors that are consequence of attempt to access elements out of defined range.

It may be thrown by the member functions of std::bitset and std::basic_string, by std::stoi and std::stod families of functions, and by the bounds-checked member access functions (e.g. std::vector::at and std::map::at).

Inheritance diagram

### Member functions

(constructor) | constructs a new `out_of_range` object with the given message (public member function)
operator= | replaces the `out_of_range` object (public member function)

## std::out_of_range::out_of_range

out_of_range( const std::string& what_arg ); | (1) |
out_of_range( const char* what_arg ); | (2) |
| (3) |
out_of_range( const out_of_range& other ); |  | (until C++11)
out_of_range( const out_of_range& other ) noexcept; |  | (since C++11)

1) Constructs the exception object with what_arg as explanatory string. After construction, std::strcmp(what(), what_arg.c_str()) == 0.
2) Constructs the exception object with what_arg as explanatory string. After construction, std::strcmp(what(), what_arg) == 0.
3) Copy constructor. If *this and other both have dynamic type `std::out_of_range` then std::strcmp(what(), other.what()) == 0. No exception can be thrown from the copy constructor. (until C++11)

### Parameters

what_arg | - | explanatory string
other | - | another exception object to copy

### Exceptions

1-2) May throw std::bad_alloc

### Notes

Because copying `std::out_of_range` is not permitted to throw exceptions, this message is typically stored internally as a separately-allocated reference-counted string. This is also why there is no constructor taking `std::string&&`: it would have to copy the content anyway.

Before the resolution of LWG issue 254, the non-copy constructor can only accept std::string. It makes dynamic allocation mandatory in order to construct a std::string object.

After the resolution of LWG issue 471, a derived standard exception class must have a publicly accessible copy constructor. It can be implicitly defined as long as the explanatory strings obtained by `what()` are the same for the original object and the copied object.

## std::out_of_range::operator=

out_of_range& operator=( const out_of_range& other ); |  | (until C++11)
out_of_range& operator=( const out_of_range& other ) noexcept; |  | (since C++11)

Assigns the contents with those of other. If *this and other both have dynamic type `std::out_of_range` then std::strcmp(what(), other.what()) == 0 after assignment. No exception can be thrown from the copy assignment operator. (until C++11)

### Parameters

other | - | another exception object to assign with

### Return value

*this

### Notes

After the resolution of LWG issue 471, a derived standard exception class must have a publicly accessible copy assignment operator. It can be implicitly defined as long as the explanatory strings obtained by `what()` are the same for the original object and the copied object.

## Inherited from std::logic_error

## Inherited from std::exception

### Member functions

(destructor) [virtual] | destroys the exception object (virtual public member function of `std::exception`)
what [virtual] | returns an explanatory string (virtual public member function of `std::exception`)

### Notes

The standard error condition std::errc::result_out_of_range typically indicates the condition where the result, rather than the input, is out of range, and is more closely related to std::range_error and ERANGE.

### Defect reports

The following behavior-changing defect reports were applied retroactively to previously published C++ standards.

DR | Applied to | Behavior as published | Correct behavior
--- | --- | --- | ---
LWG 254 | C++98 | the constructor accepting const char* was missing | added
LWG 471 | C++98 | the explanatory strings of `std::out_of_range`'s copies were implementation-defined | they are the same as that of the original `std::out_of_range` object

### See also

at | accesses the specified character with bounds checking (public member function of `std::basic_string<CharT,Traits,Allocator>`)
at (C++17) | accesses the specified character with bounds checking (public member function of `std::basic_string_view<CharT,Traits>`)
at | access specified element with bounds checking (public member function of `std::deque<T,Allocator>`)
at | access specified element with bounds checking (public member function of `std::vector<T,Allocator>`)
at (C++11) | access specified element with bounds checking (public member function of `std::array<T,N>`)

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