# std::span<T,Extent>::span

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constexpr span() noexcept; | (1) | (since C++20)
template< class It > explicit(extent != std::dynamic_extent) constexpr span( It first, size_type count ); | (2) | (since C++20)
template< class It, class End > explicit(extent != std::dynamic_extent) constexpr span( It first, End last ); | (3) | (since C++20)
template< std::size_t N > constexpr span( std::type_identity_t<element_type> (&arr)[N] ) noexcept; | (4) | (since C++20)
template< class U, std::size_t N > constexpr span( std::array<U, N>& arr ) noexcept; | (5) | (since C++20)
template< class U, std::size_t N > constexpr span( const std::array<U, N>& arr ) noexcept; | (6) | (since C++20)
template< class R > explicit(extent != std::dynamic_extent) constexpr span( R&& range ); | (7) | (since C++20)
template< class U, std::size_t N > explicit(extent != std::dynamic_extent && N == std::dynamic_extent) constexpr span( const std::span<U, N>& source ) noexcept; | (8) | (since C++20)
constexpr span( const span& other ) noexcept = default; | (9) | (since C++20)

Constructs a `span`.

1) Constructs an empty span whose data() == nullptr and size() == 0.

- This overload participates in overload resolution only if extent == 0 || extent == std::dynamic_extent.

2) Constructs a span that is a view over the range `[first, first + count)`; the resulting span has data() == std::to_address(first) and size() == count.

- The behavior is undefined if `[first, first + count)` is not a valid range, if `It` does not actually model `contiguous_iterator`, or if extent != std::dynamic_extent && count != extent.
- This overload participates in overload resolution only if

  - `It` satisfies `contiguous_iterator`
  - the conversion from std::iter_reference_t<It> to element_type is at most a qualification conversion.

3) Constructs a span that is a view over the range `[first, last)`; the resulting span has data() == std::to_address(first) and size() == last-first.

- The behavior is undefined if `[first, last)` is not a valid range, if `It` does not actually model `contiguous_iterator`, if `End` does not actually model `sized_sentinel_for` for `It`, or if extent != std::dynamic_extent && last-first != extent.
- This overload participates in overload resolution only if

  - `It` satisfies `contiguous_iterator`,
  - `End` satisfies `sized_sentinel_for` for `It`,
  - the conversion from std::iter_reference_t<It> to element_type is at most a qualification conversion, and
  - std::is_convertible_v<End, std::size_t> is false.

4-6) Constructs a span that is a view over the array `arr`; the resulting span has size() == N and data() == std::data(arr).

- These overloads participate in overload resolution only if extent == std::dynamic_extent || N == extent is true and the conversion from std::remove_pointer_t<decltype(data(arr))> to element_type is at most a qualification conversion.

7) Constructs a span that is a view over the range range; the resulting span has size() == std::ranges::size(range) and data() == std::ranges::data(range).

- The behavior is undefined if `R` does not actually model `contiguous_range` and `sized_range` or if `R` does not model `borrowed_range` while element_type is non-const or both extent != dynamic_extent and std::ranges::size(range) != extent are true.
- This overload participates in overload resolution only if

  - `R` satisfies `contiguous_range` and `sized_range`,
  - either `R` satisfies `borrowed_range` or std::is_const_v<element_type> is true
  - std::remove_cvref_t<R> is not a specialization of `std::span`,
  - std::remove_cvref_t<R> is not a specialization of std::array
  - std::is_array_v<std::remove_cvref_t<R>> is false, and
  - the conversion from std::ranges::range_reference_t<R> to element_type is at most a qualification conversion.

8) Converting constructor from another span `source`; the resulting span has size() == source.size() and data() == source.data().

- The behavior is undefined if both extent != dynamic_extent and source.size() != extent are true.
- This overload participates in overload resolution only if at least one of extent == std::dynamic_extent, N == std::dynamic_extent and N == extent is true and the conversion from `U` to element_type is at most a qualification conversion.

9) Defaulted copy constructor copies the size and data pointer; the resulting span has size() == other.size() and data() == other.data().

### Parameters

first | - | iterator to the first element of the sequence
count | - | number of elements in the sequence
last | - | iterator past the last element of the sequence or another sentinel
arr | - | array to construct a view for
range | - | range to construct a view for
source | - | another span to convert from
other | - | another span to copy from

### Exceptions

2) Throws nothing.
3) Throws what and when last - first throws.
7) Throws what and when std::ranges::size(r) and std::ranges::data(r) throw.

### Example

| This section is incomplete Reason: no example

### See also

data (C++20) | returns a pointer to the beginning of the sequence of elements (public member function)
size (C++20) | returns the number of elements in the sequence (public member function)
operator= (C++20) | assigns a `span` (public member function)
size ssize (C++17)(C++20) | returns the size of a container or array (function template)
data (C++17) | obtains the pointer to the underlying array (function template)

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