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A Random Access Sequence is a <a href="bidirectional_sequence.html" title="Bidirectional
Sequence">Bidirectional
Sequence</a> whose iterators model <a href="../../iterator/concepts/random_access_iterator.html" title="Random
Access Iterator">Random
Access Iterator</a>. It guarantees constant time access to arbitrary
sequence elements.
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of</a>
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<a href="bidirectional_sequence.html" title="Bidirectional
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<p class="title"><b>Notation</b></p>
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<dt><span class="term"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">s</span></code></span></dt>
<dd><p>
A Random Access Sequence
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<dt><span class="term"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">S</span></code></span></dt>
<dd><p>
A Random Access Sequence type
</p></dd>
<dt><span class="term"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">N</span></code></span></dt>
<dd><p>
An <a href="http://www.boost.org/libs/mpl/doc/refmanual/integral-constant.html" target="_top">MPL
Integral Constant</a>
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<dt><span class="term"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">o</span></code></span></dt>
<dd><p>
An arbitrary object
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<dt><span class="term"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">e</span></code></span></dt>
<dd><p>
A Sequence element
</p></dd>
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<a href="random_access_sequence.html#fusion.sequence.concepts.random_access_sequence.valid_expressions">Valid
Expressions</a>
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In addition to the requirements defined in <a href="bidirectional_sequence.html" title="Bidirectional
Sequence">Bidirectional
Sequence</a>, for any Random Access Sequence the following must be met:
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Expression
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Return type
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Type Requirements
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Runtime Complexity
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<p>
<code class="computeroutput"><a href="../intrinsic/functions/begin.html" title="begin"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">begin</span></code></a><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">s</span><span class="special">)</span></code>
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<p>
<a href="../../iterator/concepts/random_access_iterator.html" title="Random
Access Iterator">Random
Access Iterator</a>
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</p>
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Constant
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<code class="computeroutput"><a href="../intrinsic/functions/end.html" title="end"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">end</span></code></a><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">s</span><span class="special">)</span></code>
</p>
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<p>
<a href="../../iterator/concepts/random_access_iterator.html" title="Random
Access Iterator">Random
Access Iterator</a>
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</p>
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Constant
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<code class="computeroutput"><a href="../intrinsic/functions/at.html" title="at"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">at</span></code></a><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">N</span><span class="special">&gt;(</span><span class="identifier">s</span><span class="special">)</span></code>
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<p>
Any type
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</p>
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<p>
Constant
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<p>
<code class="computeroutput"><a href="../intrinsic/functions/at.html" title="at"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">at</span></code></a><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">N</span><span class="special">&gt;(</span><span class="identifier">s</span><span class="special">)</span>
<span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">o</span></code>
</p>
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<p>
Any type
</p>
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<p>
<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">s</span></code> is mutable and
<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">e</span> <span class="special">=</span>
<span class="identifier">o</span></code>, where <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">e</span></code> is the first element in the
sequence, is a valid expression.
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<p>
Constant
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<a href="random_access_sequence.html#fusion.sequence.concepts.random_access_sequence.result_type_expressions">Result
Type Expressions</a>
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Compile Time Complexity
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<code class="computeroutput"><a href="../intrinsic/metafunctions/begin.html" title="begin"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">result_of</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">begin</span></code></a><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">S</span><span class="special">&gt;::</span><span class="identifier">type</span></code>
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Amortized constant time
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<code class="computeroutput"><a href="../intrinsic/metafunctions/end.html" title="end"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">result_of</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">end</span></code></a><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">S</span><span class="special">&gt;::</span><span class="identifier">type</span></code>
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<p>
Amortized constant time
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<code class="computeroutput"><a href="../intrinsic/metafunctions/at.html" title="at"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">result_of</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">at</span></code></a><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">S</span><span class="special">,</span>
<span class="identifier">N</span><span class="special">&gt;::</span><span class="identifier">type</span></code>
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<p>
Amortized constant time
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<code class="computeroutput"><a href="../intrinsic/metafunctions/value_at.html" title="value_at"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">result_of</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">value_at</span></code></a><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">S</span><span class="special">,</span>
<span class="identifier">N</span><span class="special">&gt;::</span><span class="identifier">type</span></code>
</p>
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Amortized constant time
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<span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../../../images/note.png" alt="note"></span> <code class="computeroutput"><a href="../intrinsic/metafunctions/at.html" title="at"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">result_of</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">at</span></code></a><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">S</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">N</span><span class="special">&gt;</span></code> returns the actual type returned by
<code class="computeroutput"><a href="../intrinsic/functions/at.html" title="at"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">at</span></code></a><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">N</span><span class="special">&gt;(</span><span class="identifier">s</span><span class="special">)</span></code>. In
most cases, this is a reference. Hence, there is no way to know the exact
element type using <code class="computeroutput"><a href="../intrinsic/metafunctions/at.html" title="at"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">result_of</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">at</span></code></a><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">S</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">N</span><span class="special">&gt;</span></code>.The element at <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">N</span></code>
may actually be a reference to begin with. For this purpose, you can use
<code class="computeroutput"><a href="../intrinsic/metafunctions/value_at.html" title="value_at"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">result_of</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">value_at</span></code></a><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">S</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">N</span><span class="special">&gt;</span></code>.
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<a href="random_access_sequence.html#fusion.sequence.concepts.random_access_sequence.expression_semantics">Expression
Semantics</a>
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The semantics of an expression are defined only where they differ from,
or are not defined in <a href="bidirectional_sequence.html" title="Bidirectional
Sequence">Bidirectional
Sequence</a>.
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Semantics
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<code class="computeroutput"><a href="../intrinsic/functions/at.html" title="at"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">at</span></code></a><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">N</span><span class="special">&gt;(</span><span class="identifier">s</span><span class="special">)</span></code>
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The Nth element from the beginning of the sequence; see <a href="../intrinsic/functions/at.html" title="at"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">at</span></code></a>.
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<a href="random_access_sequence.html#fusion.sequence.concepts.random_access_sequence.models">Models</a>
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<li><a href="../../adapted/std__pair.html" title="std::pair"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">pair</span></code></a></li>
<li><a href="../../adapted/boost__array.html" title="boost::array"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">array</span></code></a></li>
<li><a href="../../container/vector.html" title="vector"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">vector</span></code></a></li>
<li><a href="../../view/reverse_view.html" title="reverse_view"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">reverse_view</span></code></a></li>
<li>
<a href="../../view/iterator_range.html" title="iterator_range"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">iterator_range</span></code></a>
(where adapted sequence is a Random Access Sequence)
</li>
<li>
<a href="../../view/transform_view.html" title="transform_view"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">transform_view</span></code></a>
(where adapted sequence is a Random Access Sequence)
</li>
<li>
<a href="../../view/zip_view.html" title="zip_view"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">zip_view</span></code></a>
(where adapted sequences are models Random Access Sequence)
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