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Module `std.array`

Functions and types that manipulate built-in arrays and associative arrays.

This module provides all kinds of functions to create, manipulate or convert arrays:


Function Name	Description
`array`	Returns a copy of the input in a newly allocated dynamic array.
`appender`	Returns a new `Appender` or `RefAppender` initialized with a given array.
`assocArray`	Returns a newly allocated associative array from a range of key/value tuples.
`byPair`	Construct a range iterating over an associative array by key/value tuples.
`insertInPlace`	Inserts into an existing array at a given position.
`join`	Concatenates a range of ranges into one array.
`minimallyInitializedArray`	Returns a new array of type `T`.
`replace`	Returns a new array with all occurrences of a certain subrange replaced.
`replaceFirst`	Returns a new array with the first occurrence of a certain subrange replaced.
`replaceInPlace`	Replaces all occurrences of a certain subrange and puts the result into a given array.
`replaceInto`	Replaces all occurrences of a certain subrange and puts the result into an output range.
`replaceLast`	Returns a new array with the last occurrence of a certain subrange replaced.
`replaceSlice`	Returns a new array with a given slice replaced.
`replicate`	Creates a new array out of several copies of an input array or range.
`sameHead`	Checks if the initial segments of two arrays refer to the same place in memory.
`sameTail`	Checks if the final segments of two arrays refer to the same place in memory.
`split`	Eagerly split a range or string into an array.
`uninitializedArray`	Returns a new array of type `T` without initializing its elements.

Functions

Name	Description
`appender()`	Convenience function that returns an `Appender` instance, optionally initialized with `array`.
`appender(arrayPtr)`	Convenience function that returns a `RefAppender` instance initialized with `arrayPtr`. Don't use null for the array pointer, use the other version of `appender` instead.
`array(r)`	Allocates an array and initializes it with copies of the elements of range `r`.
`array(str)`	Convert a narrow string to an array type that fully supports random access. This is handled as a special case and always returns an array of `dchar`
`assocArray(r)`	Returns a newly allocated associative array from a range of key/value tuples or from a range of keys and a range of values.
`byPair(aa)`	Construct a range iterating over an associative array by key/value tuples.
`insertInPlace(array, pos, stuff)`	Inserts `stuff` (which must be an input range or any number of implicitly convertible items) in `array` at position `pos`.
`join(ror, sep)`	Eagerly concatenates all of the ranges in `ror` together (with the GC) into one array using `sep` as the separator if present.
`minimallyInitializedArray(sizes)`	Returns a new array of type `T` allocated on the garbage collected heap.
`overlap(a, b)`	Returns the overlapping portion, if any, of two arrays. Unlike `equal`, `overlap` only compares the pointers and lengths in the ranges, not the values referred by them. If `r1` and `r2` have an overlapping slice, returns that slice. Otherwise, returns the null slice.
`replace(subject, from, to)`	Replace occurrences of `from` with `to` in `subject` in a new array.
`replace(subject, from, to, stuff)`	Replaces elements from `array` with indices ranging from `from` (inclusive) to `to` (exclusive) with the range `stuff`.
`replaceFirst(subject, from, to)`	Replaces the first occurrence of `from` with `to` in `subject`.
`replaceInPlace(array, from, to, stuff)`	Replaces elements from `array` with indices ranging from `from` (inclusive) to `to` (exclusive) with the range `stuff`. Expands or shrinks the array as needed.
`replaceInto(sink, subject, from, to)`	Replace occurrences of `from` with `to` in `subject` and output the result into `sink`.
`replaceLast(subject, from, to)`	Replaces the last occurrence of `from` with `to` in `subject`.
`replaceSlice(s, slice, replacement)`	Creates a new array such that the items in `slice` are replaced with the items in `replacement`. `slice` and `replacement` do not need to be the same length. The result will grow or shrink based on the items given.
`replicate(s, n)`
`sameHead(lhs, rhs)`	Returns whether the `front`s of `lhs` and `rhs` both refer to the same place in memory, making one of the arrays a slice of the other which starts at index `0`.
`sameTail(lhs, rhs)`	Returns whether the `back`s of `lhs` and `rhs` both refer to the same place in memory, making one of the arrays a slice of the other which end at index `$`.
`split(s)`	Eagerly splits `range` into an array, using `sep` as the delimiter.
`staticArray(a)`	Constructs a static array from `a`. The type of elements can be specified implicitly so that `[1, 2].staticArray` results in `int[2]`, or explicitly, e.g. `[1, 2].staticArray!float` returns `float[2]`. When `a` is a range whose length is not known at compile time, the number of elements must be given as template argument (e.g. `myrange.staticArray!2`). Size and type can be combined, if the source range elements are implicitly convertible to the requested element type (eg: `2.iota.staticArray!(long[2])`). When the range `a` is known at compile time, it can also be specified as a template argument to avoid having to specify the number of elements (e.g.: `staticArray!(2.iota)` or `staticArray!(double, 2.iota)`).
`uninitializedArray(sizes)`	Returns a new array of type `T` allocated on the garbage collected heap without initializing its elements. This can be a useful optimization if every element will be immediately initialized. `T` may be a multidimensional array. In this case sizes may be specified for any number of dimensions from 0 to the number in `T`.

Structs

Name	Description
`Appender`	Implements an output range that appends data to an array. This is recommended over `array ~= data` when appending many elements because it is more efficient. `Appender` maintains its own array metadata locally, so it can avoid global locking for each append where `capacity` is non-zero.
`RefAppender`	A version of `Appender` that can update an array in-place. It forwards all calls to an underlying appender implementation. Any calls made to the appender also update the pointer to the original array passed in.

Authors

Andrei Alexandrescu and Jonathan M Davis

License

Boost License 1.0.