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std::expected<T,E>::and_then

template< class F >
constexpr auto and_then( F&& f ) &;
(1) (since C++23)
template< class F >
constexpr auto and_then( F&& f ) const&;
(2) (since C++23)
template< class F >
constexpr auto and_then( F&& f ) &&;
(3) (since C++23)
template< class F >
constexpr auto and_then( F&& f ) const&&;
(4) (since C++23)

If *this contains an expected value, invokes f and returns its result; otherwise, returns a std::expected object that contains a copy of error().

If T is not (possibly cv-qualified) void, the contained value (value()) is passed as an argument to f; otherwise f takes no argument.

Let U be:

The return type is U, which must be a specialization of std::expected, and std::is_same_v<U::error_type, E> must be true.

true
true

Parameters

f - a suitable function or Callable object that returns a std::expected

Return value

The result of f or a std::expected object that contains an error value, as described above.

Notes

Feature-test macro Value Std Comment
__cpp_lib_expected 202211L (C++23) Monadic functions for std::expected

Example

See also

(C++23)
in-place construction tag for unexpected value in expected
(class) (constant)
(C++23)
returns an expected containing the transformed expected value if it exists; otherwise, returns the expected itself
(public member function)

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