C++ <array> - crend() Function

The C++ array::crend function returns the constant reverse iterator (const_reverse_iterator) pointing to the element preceding the first element (reversed past-the-last element) of the array.

Note: A const_reverse_iterator is an iterator that points to constant value and iterates in backward direction. Increasing a const_reverse_iterator results into moving to the beginning of the array container and decreasing it results into moving to the end of the array container. Along with this, it cannot be used to modify the contents it points to, even if the array element is not itself constant.

Syntax

C++11

const_reverse_iterator crend() const noexcept;

Parameters

No parameter is required.

Return Value

A const_reverse_iterator to the reversed past-the-last element of the sequence container.

Time Complexity

Constant i.e, Θ(1).

Example:

In the example below, the array::crend function returns the const_reverse_iterator pointing to the element preceding the first element of the array MyArray.

#include <iostream>
#include <array>
using namespace std;
 
int main (){
  array<string, 3> MyArray{"Alpha","Coding","Skills"};
  array<string, 3>::const_reverse_iterator crit;

  crit = MyArray.crend();
  crit--;
  cout<<*crit<<" ";
  crit--;
  cout<<*crit<<" ";
  crit--;
  cout<<*crit<<" ";
  return 0;
}

The output of the above code will be:

Alpha Coding Skills

Example:

Lets see another example where the array called MyArray contains integer values and array::crend function is used with array::crbegin function to specify a range including all elements of the array container.

#include <iostream>
#include <array>
using namespace std;
 
int main (){
  array<int, 5> MyArray{10, 20, 30, 40, 50};
  array<int, 5>::const_reverse_iterator crit;

  for(crit = MyArray.crbegin(); crit != MyArray.crend(); ++crit)
    cout<<*crit<<" ";

  return 0;
}

The output of the above code will be:

50 40 30 20 10

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