NAME

std::map::try_emplace - std::map::try_emplace

Synopsis

template< class... Args > (1) (since C++17)
pair<iterator, bool> try_emplace( const Key& k, Args&&... args );
template< class... Args > (2) (since C++17)
pair<iterator, bool> try_emplace( Key&& k, Args&&... args );
template< class... Args >
iterator try_emplace( const_iterator hint, const Key& k, Args&&... (3) (since C++17)
args );
template< class... Args >
iterator try_emplace( const_iterator hint, Key&& k, Args&&... args (4) (since C++17)
);

Inserts a new element into the container with key k and value constructed with args,
if there is no element with the key in the container.

1) If a key equivalent to k already exists in the container, does nothing.
Otherwise, behaves like emplace except that the element is constructed as
value_type(std::piecewise_construct,

std::forward_as_tuple(k),

std::forward_as_tuple(std::forward<Args>(args)...))
2) If a key equivalent to k already exists in the container, does nothing.
Otherwise, behaves like emplace except that the element is constructed as
value_type(std::piecewise_construct,

std::forward_as_tuple(std::move(k)),

std::forward_as_tuple(std::forward<Args>(args)...))
3) If a key equivalent to k already exists in the container, does nothing.
Otherwise, behaves like emplace_hint except that the element is constructed as
value_type(std::piecewise_construct,

std::forward_as_tuple(k),

std::forward_as_tuple(std::forward<Args>(args)...))
4) If a key equivalent to k already exists in the container, does nothing.
Otherwise, behaves like emplace_hint except that the element is constructed as
value_type(std::piecewise_construct,

std::forward_as_tuple(std::move(k)),

std::forward_as_tuple(std::forward<Args>(args)...))

No iterators or references are invalidated.

Parameters

k - the key used both to look up and to insert if not found
hint - iterator to the position before which the new element will be inserted
args - arguments to forward to the constructor of the element

Return value

1,2) Same as for emplace
3,4) Same as for emplace_hint

Complexity

1,2) Same as for emplace
3,4) Same as for emplace_hint

Notes

Unlike insert or emplace, these functions do not move from rvalue arguments if the
insertion does not happen, which makes it easy to manipulate maps whose values are
move-only types, such as std::map<std::string, std::unique_ptr<foo>>. In addition,
try_emplace treats the key and the arguments to the mapped_type separately, unlike
emplace, which requires the arguments to construct a value_type (that is, a
std::pair).

Feature-test macro: __cpp_lib_map_try_emplace

Example

// Run this code

#include <iostream>
#include <utility>
#include <string>

#include <map>

auto print_node = [](const auto &node) {
std::cout << "[" << node.first << "] = " << node.second << '\n';
};

auto print_result = [](auto const &pair) {
std::cout << (pair.second ? "inserted: " : "ignored: ");
print_node(*pair.first);
};

int main()
{
using namespace std::literals;
std::map<std::string, std::string> m;

print_result( m.try_emplace("a", "a"s) );
print_result( m.try_emplace("b", "abcd") );
print_result( m.try_emplace("c", 10, 'c') );
print_result( m.try_emplace("c", "Won't be inserted") );

for (const auto &p : m) { print_node(p); }
}

Output:

inserted: [a] = a
inserted: [b] = abcd
inserted: [c] = cccccccccc
ignored: [c] = cccccccccc
[a] = a
[b] = abcd
[c] = cccccccccc