std::variant::operator=

variant& operator=(const variant& rhs)

variant& operator=(variant&& rhs)

template <class T> variant& operator=(T&& t)

Assigns a new value to an existing variant object.

• if both *this and rhs are valueless by exception, does nothing
• otherwise, if rhs is valueless, but *this is not, destroys the value contained in *this and makes it valueless
• otherwise, if rhs holds the same alternative as *this, assigns the value contained in rhs to the value contained in *this. If an exception is thrown, *this does not become valueless: the value depends on the exception safety guarantee of the alternative's copy assignment.
• otherwise (if rhs and *this hold different alternatives)
• copies the value contained in rhs to a temporary. If an exception is thrown by the copy constructor, *this remains unchanged
• destroys any value contained in *this
• sets *this to hold the same alternative as rhs
• initializes the value contained in *this as if direct-non-list-initializing an object of type T_j with std::forward<T_j>(TMP), with TMP being the temporary and j being rhs.index(). If an exception is thrown by T_j's move constructor, *this becomes valueless_by_exception

• if both *this and rhs are valueless by exception, does nothing
• otherwise, if rhs is valueless, but *this is not, destroys the value contained in *this and makes it valueless
• otherwise, if rhs holds the same alternative as *this, assigns std::get<j>(std::move(rhs)) to the value contained in *this, with j being index(). If an exception is thrown, *this does not become valueless: the value depends on the exception safety guarantee of the alternative's move assignment.
• otherwise (if rhs and *this hold different alternatives)
• destroys any value contained in *this
• sets *this to hold the same alternative as rhs
• initializes the value contained in *this as if direct-non-list-initializing an object of type T_j with std::get<j>(std::move(rhs)) with j being rhs.index(). If an exception is thrown by T_i's move constructor, *this becomes valueless_by_exception

• Determines the alternative type T_j that would be selected by overload resolution for the expression F(std::forward<T>(t)) if there was an overload of imaginary function F(T_i) for every T_i from Types... in scope at the same time.
• If *this already holds a T_j, assigns std::forward<T>(t) to the value contained in *this. If an exception is thrown, *this does not become valueless: the value depends on the exception safety guarantee of the assignment called.
• Otherwise,
• destroys the value contained in *this (if any)
• sets this to hold the alternative T_j as selected above
• direct-initializes the contained value as if by direct-non-list-initialization with std::forward<T>(t) as the initializer. If an exception is thrown during this initialization, *this becomes valueless_by_exception

This overload only participates in overload resolution if std::is_same_v<std::decay_t<T>, variant> is false and std::is_assignable_v<T_j&, T> is true and std::is_constructible_v<T_j, T> is true and the expression F(std::forward<T>(t)) (with F being the above-mentioned set of imaginary functions) is well formed.

variant<string> v1;
v1 = "abc"; // OK
variant<string, string> v2;
v2 = "abc"; // Error
variant <string, bool> v3;
v3 = "abc"; // OK but chooses bool

Parameters

Return value

*this.

Exceptions

Example

See also