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<h2><a name="fill" id="fill">fill</a></h2>
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Syntax:
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<pre class="c code c++" style="font-family:monospace;">    <span class="co2">#include &lt;algorithm&gt;</span>
    <span class="kw4">void</span> fill<span class="br0">&#40;</span> forward_iterator start<span class="sy0">,</span> forward_iterator end<span class="sy0">,</span> <span class="kw4">const</span> TYPE<span class="sy0">&amp;</span> val <span class="br0">&#41;</span><span class="sy0">;</span></pre>
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The function fill() assigns val to all of the elements between start and end.
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For example, the following code uses fill() to set all of the elements of a
vector of integers to -1:
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<pre class="c code c++" style="font-family:monospace;">   vector<span class="sy0">&lt;</span>int<span class="sy0">&gt;</span> v1<span class="sy0">;</span>
   <span class="kw1">for</span><span class="br0">&#40;</span> <span class="kw4">int</span> i <span class="sy0">=</span> <span class="nu0">0</span><span class="sy0">;</span> i <span class="sy0">&lt;</span> <span class="nu0">10</span><span class="sy0">;</span> i<span class="sy0">++</span> <span class="br0">&#41;</span> <span class="br0">&#123;</span>
     v1.<span class="me1">push_back</span><span class="br0">&#40;</span> i <span class="br0">&#41;</span><span class="sy0">;</span>
   <span class="br0">&#125;</span>
&nbsp;
   <a href="http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/functions/cout.html"><span class="kw3">cout</span></a> <span class="sy0">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="st0">&quot;Before, v1 is: &quot;</span><span class="sy0">;</span>
   <span class="kw1">for</span><span class="br0">&#40;</span> vector<span class="sy0">&lt;</span>int<span class="sy0">&gt;::</span><span class="me2">size_type</span> i <span class="sy0">=</span> <span class="nu0">0</span><span class="sy0">;</span> i <span class="sy0">&lt;</span> v1.<span class="me1">size</span><span class="br0">&#40;</span><span class="br0">&#41;</span><span class="sy0">;</span> i<span class="sy0">++</span> <span class="br0">&#41;</span> <span class="br0">&#123;</span>
     <a href="http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/functions/cout.html"><span class="kw3">cout</span></a> <span class="sy0">&lt;&lt;</span> v1<span class="br0">&#91;</span>i<span class="br0">&#93;</span> <span class="sy0">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="st0">&quot; &quot;</span><span class="sy0">;</span>
   <span class="br0">&#125;</span>
   <a href="http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/functions/cout.html"><span class="kw3">cout</span></a> <span class="sy0">&lt;&lt;</span> endl<span class="sy0">;</span>
&nbsp;
   fill<span class="br0">&#40;</span> v1.<span class="me1">begin</span><span class="br0">&#40;</span><span class="br0">&#41;</span><span class="sy0">,</span> v1.<span class="me1">end</span><span class="br0">&#40;</span><span class="br0">&#41;</span><span class="sy0">,</span> <span class="sy0">-</span>1 <span class="br0">&#41;</span><span class="sy0">;</span>
&nbsp;
   <a href="http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/functions/cout.html"><span class="kw3">cout</span></a> <span class="sy0">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="st0">&quot;After, v1 is: &quot;</span><span class="sy0">;</span>
   <span class="kw1">for</span><span class="br0">&#40;</span> vector<span class="sy0">&lt;</span>int<span class="sy0">&gt;::</span><span class="me2">size_type</span> i <span class="sy0">=</span> <span class="nu0">0</span><span class="sy0">;</span> i <span class="sy0">&lt;</span> v1.<span class="me1">size</span><span class="br0">&#40;</span><span class="br0">&#41;</span><span class="sy0">;</span> i<span class="sy0">++</span> <span class="br0">&#41;</span> <span class="br0">&#123;</span>
     <a href="http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/functions/cout.html"><span class="kw3">cout</span></a> <span class="sy0">&lt;&lt;</span> v1<span class="br0">&#91;</span>i<span class="br0">&#93;</span> <span class="sy0">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="st0">&quot; &quot;</span><span class="sy0">;</span>
   <span class="br0">&#125;</span>
   <a href="http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/functions/cout.html"><span class="kw3">cout</span></a> <span class="sy0">&lt;&lt;</span> endl<span class="sy0">;</span></pre>
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When run, the above code displays:
</p>
<pre class="code">
   Before, v1 is: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
   After, v1 is: -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1</pre>
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Related Topics: <a href="../../stl/algorithm/fill_n.html" class="wikilink1" title="stl:algorithm:fill_n">fill_n</a>, <a href="../../stl/algorithm/generate.html" class="wikilink1" title="stl:algorithm:generate">generate</a>, <a href="../../stl/algorithm/transform.html" class="wikilink1" title="stl:algorithm:transform">transform</a>
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