std::remove_all_extents

 

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Defined in header <type_traits>
template< class T > struct remove_all_extents;		(since C++11)

If T is a multidimensional array of some type X, provides the member typedef type equal to X, otherwise type is T.

Member types

Name	Definition
type	the type of the element of T

Helper types

template< class T > using remove_all_extents_t = typename remove_all_extents<T>::type;		(since C++14)

Possible implementation

template<class T> struct remove_all_extents { typedef T type;};   template<class T> struct remove_all_extents<T[]> { typedef typename remove_all_extents<T>::type type; };   template<class Tp, std::size_t N> struct remove_all_extents<T[N]> { typedef typename remove_all_extents<T>::type type; };

Example

Run this code

#include <iostream>
#include <type_traits>
#include <typeinfo>
 
template<class A>
void foo(const A&)
{
    typedef typename std::remove_all_extents<A>::type Type;
    std::cout << "underlying type: " << typeid(Type).name() << '\n';
}
 
int main()
{
    float a1[1][2][3];
    int a2[3][2];
    float a3[1][1][1][1][2];
    double a4[2][3];
 
    foo(a1);
    foo(a2);
    foo(a3);
    foo(a4);
}

Output:

underlying type: f
underlying type: i
underlying type: f
underlying type: d

See also

is_array (C++11)	checks if a type is an array type (class template)
rank (C++11)	obtains the number of dimensions of an array type (class template)
extent (C++11)	obtains the size of an array type along a specified dimension (class template)
remove_extent (C++11)	removes one extent from the given array type (class template)