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function template
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std::uninitialized_fill_n

template <class ForwardIterator, class Size, class T>  void uninitialized_fill_n (ForwardIterator first, Size n, const T& x);
template <class ForwardIterator, class Size, class T>  ForwardIterator uninitialized_fill_n (ForwardIterator first, Size n, const T& x);
Fill block of memory
Constructs n elements in the array pointed by first, initializing them to a value of x.

Unlike algorithm fill_n, uninitialized_fill_n constructs the objects in-place, instead of just copying the value to them. This allows to obtain fully constructed copies into a range of uninitialized memory, such as a memory block obtained by a call to get_temporary_buffer or malloc.

The behavior of this function template is equivalent to:
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template < class ForwardIterator, class Size, class T >
  void uninitialized_fill_n ( ForwardIterator first, Size n, const T& x )
{
  for (; n--; ++first)
    new (static_cast<void*>(&*first))
      typename iterator_traits<ForwardIterator>::value_type(x);
}
The behavior of this function template is equivalent to:
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template < class ForwardIterator, class Size, class T >
  ForwardIterator uninitialized_fill_n ( ForwardIterator first, Size n, const T& x )
{
  for (; n--; ++first)
    new (static_cast<void*>(&*first))
      typename iterator_traits<ForwardIterator>::value_type(x);
  return first;
}

Parameters

first
Forward iterator to the initial position in an uninitialized sequence of at least n elements.
n
Number of elements to initialize
Size is expected to be a numeric type.
x
Value to be used to fill the range.

Return value

none
An iterator to the last element of the destination sequence where elements have been initialized.

Example

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// uninitialized_fill_n example
#include <iostream>
#include <memory>
#include <string>

int main () {
  // get block of uninitialized memory:
  std::pair <std::string*,std::ptrdiff_t>
    result = std::get_temporary_buffer<std::string>(3);

  if (result.second>0) {
    std::uninitialized_fill_n ( result.first, result.second, "c++ rocks!" );

    for (int i=0; i<result.second; i++)
      std::cout << result.first[i] << '\n';

    std::return_temporary_buffer(result.first);
  }

  return 0;
}

Output:
c++ rocks!
c++ rocks!
c++ rocks!


Complexity

Linear: Constructs (copy constructor) n objects.

See also

fill_n
Fill sequence with value (function template)
uninitialized_copy
Copy block of memory (function template)
uninitialized_fill
Fill block of memory (function template)
get_temporary_buffer
Get block of temporary memory (function template)