# std::uninitialized_fill

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Defined in header `<memory>` |  |
template< class ForwardIt, class T > void uninitialized_fill( ForwardIt first, ForwardIt last, const T& value ); | (1) |
template< class ExecutionPolicy, class ForwardIt, class T > void uninitialized_fill( ExecutionPolicy&& policy, ForwardIt first, ForwardIt last, const T& value ); | (2) | (since C++17)

1) Copies the given `value` to an uninitialized memory area, defined by the range `[first, last)` as if by

    for (; first != last; ++first)
      ::new (static_cast<void*>(std::addressof(*first)))
          typename std::iterator_traits<ForwardIt>::value_type(x);

If an exception is thrown during the initialization, the function has no effects.
2) Same as (1), but executed according to `policy`. This overload does not participate in overload resolution unless std::is_execution_policy_v<std::decay_t<ExecutionPolicy>> is true

### Parameters

first, last | - | the range of the elements to initialize
value | - | the value to construct the elements with
policy | - | the execution policy to use. See execution policy for details.
Type requirements
- `ForwardIt` must meet the requirements of `ForwardIterator`.
- No increment, assignment, comparison, or indirection through valid instances of `ForwardIt` may throw exceptions.

### Return value

(none)

### Complexity

Linear in the distance between `first` and `last`

### Exceptions

The overload with a template parameter named `ExecutionPolicy` reports errors as follows:

- If execution of a function invoked as part of the algorithm throws an exception and `ExecutionPolicy` is one of the three standard policies, std::terminate is called. For any other `ExecutionPolicy`, the behavior is implementation-defined.
- If the algorithm fails to allocate memory, std::bad_alloc is thrown.

### Possible implementation

    template<class ForwardIt, class T>
    void uninitialized_fill(ForwardIt first, ForwardIt last, const T& value)
    {
        typedef typename std::iterator_traits<ForwardIt>::value_type Value;
        ForwardIt current = first;
        try {
            for (; current != last; ++current) {
                ::new (static_cast<void*>(std::addressof(*current))) Value(value);
            }
        }  catch (...) {
            for (; first != current; ++first) {
                first->~Value();
            }
            throw;
        }
    }

### Example

Run this code

    #include <algorithm>
    #include <iostream>
    #include <memory>
    #include <string>
    #include <tuple>

    int main()
    {
        std::string* p;
        std::size_t sz;
        std::tie(p, sz) = std::get_temporary_buffer<std::string>(4);

        std::uninitialized_fill(p, p+sz, "Example");

        for (std::string* i = p; i != p+sz; ++i) {
            std::cout << *i << '\n';
            i->~basic_string<char>();
        }
        std::return_temporary_buffer(p);
    }

Output:

    Example
    Example
    Example
    Example

### See also

uninitialized_fill_n | copies an object to an uninitialized area of memory, defined by a start and a count (function template)

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