std::bad_alloc
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                    |   Defined in header  
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|   class bad_alloc; 
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std::bad_alloc is the type of the object thrown as exceptions by the allocation functions to report failure to allocate storage.
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[edit] Member functions
|     (constructor)  | 
  constructs the bad_alloc object  (public member function)  | 
|     operator=  | 
   replaces a bad_alloc object  (public member function)  | 
|     what  | 
   returns explanatory string  (public member function)  | 
std::bad_alloc::bad_alloc
|   bad_alloc(); 
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Constructs new bad_alloc object with an implementation-defined null-terminated byte string which is accessible through what().
Parameters
(none)
Exceptions
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noexcept specification:   
noexcept    | 
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std::bad_alloc::operator=
|   bad_alloc& operator=( const bad_alloc& other ); 
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Assigns the contents of other.
Parameters
| other | - | another exception object to assign | 
Return value
*this
Exceptions
| (none) | (until C++11) | 
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noexcept specification:   
noexcept    | 
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std::bad_alloc::what
|   virtual const char* what() const; 
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Returns the explanatory string.
Parameters
(none)
Return value
Pointer to a null-terminated string with explanatory information.
Exceptions
| (none) | (until C++11) | 
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noexcept specification:   
noexcept    | 
(since C++11) | 
Inherited from std::exception
Member functions
|    [virtual] 
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  destructs the exception object  (virtual public member function of std::exception) 
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   returns an explanatory string  (virtual public member function of std::exception) 
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[edit] Example
Run this code
#include <iostream> #include <new> int main() { try { while (true) { new int[100000000ul]; } } catch (const std::bad_alloc& e) { std::cout << "Allocation failed: " << e.what() << '\n'; } }
Possible output:
Allocation failed: std::bad_alloc
[edit] See also
|    allocation functions   (function)  | 
