This header was originally in the C standard library as <stdlib.h>
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This header provides miscellaneous utilities. Symbols defined here are used by several library components.
Types |
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structure type, returned by std::div (typedef) |
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structure type, returned by std::ldiv (typedef) |
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(C++11) | structure type, returned by std::lldiv (typedef) |
unsigned integer type returned by the sizeof operator (typedef) |
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Macro constants |
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indicates program execution status (macro constant) |
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MB_CUR_MAX | maximum number of bytes in a multibyte character with the current locale (macro constant) |
implementation-defined null pointer constant (macro constant) |
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maximum possible value generated by std::rand (macro constant) |
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Functions |
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Process control |
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causes abnormal program termination (without cleaning up) (function) |
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causes normal program termination with cleaning up (function) |
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(C++11) | causes quick program termination without completely cleaning up (function) |
(C++11) | causes normal program termination without cleaning up (function) |
registers a function to be called on std::exit() invocation (function) |
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(C++11) | registers a function to be called on std::quick_exit invocation (function) |
calls the host environment's command processor (function) |
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access to the list of environment variables (function) |
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Memory management |
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allocates memory (function) |
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(C++17) | allocates aligned memory (function) |
allocates and zeroes memory (function) |
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expands or shrinks previously allocated memory block (function) |
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deallocates previously allocated memory (function) |
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Numeric string conversion |
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converts a byte string to a floating point value (function) |
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(C++11) | converts a byte string to an integer value (function) |
(C++11) | converts a byte string to an integer value (function) |
(C++11) | converts a byte string to an unsigned integer value (function) |
converts a byte string to a floating point value (function) |
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Wide string manipulation |
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returns the number of bytes in the next multibyte character (function) |
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converts the next multibyte character to wide character (function) |
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converts a wide character to its multibyte representation (function) |
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converts a narrow multibyte character string to wide string (function) |
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converts a wide string to narrow multibyte character string (function) |
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Miscellaneous algorithms and math |
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generates a pseudo-random number (function) |
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seeds pseudo-random number generator (function) |
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sorts a range of elements with unspecified type (function) |
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searches an array for an element of unspecified type (function) |
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(C++11) | computes absolute value of an integral value (\(\small{|x|}\)|x|) (function) |
(C++11) | computes quotient and remainder of integer division (function) |
namespace std { using size_t = /* see description */; using div_t = /* see description */; using ldiv_t = /* see description */; using lldiv_t = /* see description */; } #define NULL /* see description */ #define EXIT_FAILURE /* see description */ #define EXIT_SUCCESS /* see description */ #define RAND_MAX /* see description */ #define MB_CUR_MAX /* see description */ namespace std { // Exposition-only function type aliases extern "C" using /*c-atexit-handler*/ = void(); // exposition only extern "C++" using /*atexit-handler*/ = void(); // exposition only extern "C" using /*c-compare-pred*/ = int(const void*, const void*); // exposition only extern "C++" using /*compare-pred*/ = int(const void*, const void*); // exposition only // start and termination [[noreturn]] void abort() noexcept; int atexit(/*c-atexit-handler*/* func) noexcept; int atexit(/*atexit-handler*/* func) noexcept; int at_quick_exit(/*c-atexit-handler*/* func) noexcept; int at_quick_exit(/*atexit-handler*/* func) noexcept; [[noreturn]] void exit(int status); [[noreturn]] void _Exit(int status) noexcept; [[noreturn]] void quick_exit(int status) noexcept; char* getenv(const char* name); int system(const char* string); // C library memory allocation void* aligned_alloc(size_t alignment, size_t size); void* calloc(size_t nmemb, size_t size); void free(void* ptr); void* malloc(size_t size); void* realloc(void* ptr, size_t size); double atof(const char* nptr); int atoi(const char* nptr); long int atol(const char* nptr); long long int atoll(const char* nptr); double strtod(const char* nptr, char** endptr); float strtof(const char* nptr, char** endptr); long double strtold(const char* nptr, char** endptr); long int strtol(const char* nptr, char** endptr, int base); long long int strtoll(const char* nptr, char** endptr, int base); unsigned long int strtoul(const char* nptr, char** endptr, int base); unsigned long long int strtoull(const char* nptr, char** endptr, int base); // multibyte / wide string and character conversion functions int mblen(const char* s, size_t n); int mbtowc(wchar_t* pwc, const char* s, size_t n); int wctomb(char* s, wchar_t wchar); size_t mbstowcs(wchar_t* pwcs, const char* s, size_t n); size_t wcstombs(char* s, const wchar_t* pwcs, size_t n); // C standard library algorithms void* bsearch(const void* key, const void* base, size_t nmemb, size_t size, /*c-compare-pred*/* compar); void* bsearch(const void* key, const void* base, size_t nmemb, size_t size, /*compare-pred*/* compar); void qsort(void* base, size_t nmemb, size_t size, /*c-compare-pred*/* compar); void qsort(void* base, size_t nmemb, size_t size, /*compare-pred*/* compar); // low-quality random number generation int rand(); void srand(unsigned int seed); // absolute values constexpr int abs(int j); constexpr long int abs(long int j); constexpr long long int abs(long long int j); constexpr float abs(float j); constexpr double abs(double j); constexpr long double abs(long double j); constexpr long int labs(long int j); constexpr long long int llabs(long long int j); constexpr div_t div(int numer, int denom); constexpr ldiv_t div(long int numer, long int denom); constexpr lldiv_t div(long long int numer, long long int denom); constexpr ldiv_t ldiv(long int numer, long int denom); constexpr lldiv_t lldiv(long long int numer, long long int denom); }
The following behavior-changing defect reports were applied retroactively to previously published C++ standards.
DR | Applied to | Behavior as published | Correct behavior |
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LWG 286 | C++98 | the definition of size_t was not provided in <cstdlib> | provided |
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