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<p>A copy assignment operator of class <code>T</code> is a non-template non-static member function with the name <span class="t-c"><span class="mw-geshi cpp source-cpp">operator<span class="sy1">=</span></span></span> that takes exactly one parameter of type <span class="t-c"><span class="mw-geshi cpp source-cpp">T</span></span>, <span class="t-c"><span class="mw-geshi cpp source-cpp">T<span class="sy3">&amp;</span></span></span>, <span class="t-c"><span class="mw-geshi cpp source-cpp"><span class="kw4">const</span> T<span class="sy3">&amp;</span></span></span>, <span class="t-c"><span class="mw-geshi cpp source-cpp"><span class="kw4">volatile</span> T<span class="sy3">&amp;</span></span></span>, or <span class="t-c"><span class="mw-geshi cpp source-cpp"><span class="kw4">const</span> <span class="kw4">volatile</span> T<span class="sy3">&amp;</span></span></span>. For a type to be <a href="../concept/CopyAssignable.html" title="cpp/concept/CopyAssignable"><code>CopyAssignable</code></a>, it must have a public copy assignment operator.
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<td> <span class="t-spar">class_name</span> <code><b>&amp;</b></code> <span class="t-spar">class_name</span> <code><b>:: operator=</b></code> ( const <span class="t-spar">class_name</span> <code>&amp;</code> ) = <span class="t-c"><span class="mw-geshi cpp source-cpp"><span class="kw1">default</span><span class="sy4">;</span></span></span>
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<h3><span class="editsection">[<a href="http://en.cppreference.com/mwiki/index.php?title=cpp/language/copy_assignment&amp;action=edit&amp;section=2" title="Edit section: Explanation">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline" id="Explanation">Explanation</span></h3>
<ol><li> Typical declaration of a copy assignment operator when <a href="operators.html#Assignment_operator" title="cpp/language/operators">copy-and-swap idiom</a> can be used
</li><li> Typical declaration of a copy assignment operator when copy-and-swap idiom cannot be used (non-swappable type or degraded performance)
</li><li> Forcing a copy assignment operator to be generated by the compiler
</li><li> Avoiding implicit copy assignment
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<p>The copy assignment operator is called whenever selected by <a href="overload_resolution.html" title="cpp/language/overload resolution">overload resolution</a>, e.g. when an object appears on the left side of an assignment expression.
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<h3><span class="editsection">[<a href="http://en.cppreference.com/mwiki/index.php?title=cpp/language/copy_assignment&amp;action=edit&amp;section=3" title="Edit section: Implicitly-declared copy assignment operator">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline" id="Implicitly-declared_copy_assignment_operator">Implicitly-declared copy assignment operator</span></h3>
<p>If no user-defined copy assignment operators are provided for a class type (<span class="t-c"><span class="mw-geshi cpp source-cpp"><span class="kw1">struct</span></span></span>, <span class="t-c"><span class="mw-geshi cpp source-cpp"><span class="kw1">class</span></span></span>, or <span class="t-c"><span class="mw-geshi cpp source-cpp"><span class="kw1">union</span></span></span>), the compiler will always declare one as an inline public member of the class. This implicitly-declared copy assignment operator has the form <span class="t-c"><span class="mw-geshi cpp source-cpp">T<span class="sy3">&amp;</span> T<span class="sy4">::</span><span class="me2">operator</span><span class="sy1">=</span><span class="br0">&#40;</span><span class="kw4">const</span> T<span class="sy3">&amp;</span><span class="br0">&#41;</span></span></span> if all of the following is true:
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<ul><li> each direct base <code>B</code> of <code>T</code> has a copy assignment operator whose parameters are <code>B</code> or <code>const B&amp;</code> or <span class="t-c"><span class="mw-geshi cpp source-cpp"><span class="kw4">const</span> <span class="kw4">volatile</span> B<span class="sy3">&amp;</span></span></span>
</li><li> each non-static data member <code>M</code> of <code>T</code> of class type or array of class type has a copy assignment operator whose parameters are <code>M</code> or <code>const M&amp;</code> or <span class="t-c"><span class="mw-geshi cpp source-cpp"><span class="kw4">const</span> <span class="kw4">volatile</span> M<span class="sy3">&amp;</span></span></span>
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<p>Otherwise the implicitly-declared copy assignment operator is declared as <span class="t-c"><span class="mw-geshi cpp source-cpp">T<span class="sy3">&amp;</span> T<span class="sy4">::</span><span class="me2">operator</span><span class="sy1">=</span><span class="br0">&#40;</span>T<span class="sy3">&amp;</span><span class="br0">&#41;</span></span></span>. (Note that due to these rules, the implicitly-declared copy assignment operator cannot bind to a volatile lvalue argument)
</p><p>A class can have multiple copy assignment operators, e.g. both <span class="t-c"><span class="mw-geshi cpp source-cpp">T<span class="sy3">&amp;</span> T<span class="sy4">::</span><span class="me2">operator</span><span class="sy1">=</span><span class="br0">&#40;</span><span class="kw4">const</span> T<span class="sy3">&amp;</span><span class="br0">&#41;</span></span></span> and <span class="t-c"><span class="mw-geshi cpp source-cpp">T<span class="sy3">&amp;</span> T<span class="sy4">::</span><span class="me2">operator</span><span class="sy1">=</span><span class="br0">&#40;</span>T<span class="br0">&#41;</span></span></span>. <span class="t-rev-inl t-since-cxx11"><span>If some user-defined copy assignment operators are present, the user may still force the generation of the implicitly declared copy assignment operator with the keyword <code>default</code>.</span> <span><span class="t-mark-rev t-since-cxx11">(since C++11)</span></span></span>
</p><p>Because the copy assignment operator is always declared for any class, the base class assignment operator is always hidden. If a <a href="using_declaration.html#In_class_definition" title="cpp/language/using declaration">using-declaration</a> is used to bring in the assignment operator from the base class, and its argument type could be the same as the argument type of the implicit assignment operator of the derived class, the using-declaration is also hidden by the implicit declaration.
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<h3><span class="editsection">[<a href="http://en.cppreference.com/mwiki/index.php?title=cpp/language/copy_assignment&amp;action=edit&amp;section=4" title="Edit section: Deleted implicitly-declared copy assignment operator">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline" id="Deleted_implicitly-declared_copy_assignment_operator">Deleted implicitly-declared copy assignment operator</span></h3>
<p>A implicitly-declared copy assignment operator for class <code>T</code> is defined as <i>deleted</i> if any of the following is true:
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<ul><li> <code>T</code> has a user-declared move constructor
</li><li> <code>T</code> has a user-declared move assignment operator
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<p>Otherwise, it is defined as defaulted. 
</p><p>A defaulted copy assignment operator for class <code>T</code> is defined as <i>deleted</i> if any of the following is true:
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<ul><li> <code>T</code> has a non-static data member of non-class type (or array thereof) that is <span class="t-c"><span class="mw-geshi cpp source-cpp"><span class="kw4">const</span></span></span>
</li><li> <code>T</code> has a non-static data member of a reference type.
</li><li> <code>T</code> has a non-static data member or a direct or virtual base class that cannot be copy-assigned (overload resolution for the copy assignment fails, or selects a deleted or inaccessible function)
</li><li> <code>T</code> is a <a href="union.html#Union-like_classes" title="cpp/language/union">union-like class</a>, and has a variant member whose corresponding assignment operator is non-trivial.
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<h3><span class="editsection">[<a href="http://en.cppreference.com/mwiki/index.php?title=cpp/language/copy_assignment&amp;action=edit&amp;section=5" title="Edit section: Trivial copy assignment operator">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline" id="Trivial_copy_assignment_operator">Trivial copy assignment operator</span></h3>
<p>The copy assignment operator for class <code>T</code> is trivial if all of the following is true:
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<ul><li> It is not user-provided (meaning, it is implicitly-defined or defaulted), and if it is defaulted, its signature is the same as implicitly-defined
</li><li> <code>T</code> has no virtual member functions
</li><li> <code>T</code> has no virtual base classes
</li><li> The copy assignment operator selected for every direct base of <code>T</code> is trivial
</li><li> The copy assignment operator selected for every non-static class type (or array of class type) member of <code>T</code> is trivial
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<p>A trivial copy assignment operator makes a copy of the object representation as if by <span class="t-lc">std::memmove</span>. All data types compatible with the C language (POD types) are trivially copy-assignable.
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<h3><span class="editsection">[<a href="http://en.cppreference.com/mwiki/index.php?title=cpp/language/copy_assignment&amp;action=edit&amp;section=6" title="Edit section: Implicitly-defined copy assignment operator">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline" id="Implicitly-defined_copy_assignment_operator">Implicitly-defined copy assignment operator</span></h3>
<p>If the implicitly-declared copy assignment operator is neither deleted nor trivial, it is defined (that is, a function body is generated and compiled) by the compiler if <a href="definition.html#ODR-use" title="cpp/language/definition">odr-used</a>. For <span class="t-c"><span class="mw-geshi cpp source-cpp"><span class="kw1">union</span></span></span> types, the implicitly-defined copy assignment copies the object representation (as by <span class="t-lc">std::memmove</span>). For non-union class types (<span class="t-c"><span class="mw-geshi cpp source-cpp"><span class="kw1">class</span></span></span> and <span class="t-c"><span class="mw-geshi cpp source-cpp"><span class="kw1">struct</span></span></span>), the operator performs member-wise copy assignment of the object's bases and non-static members, in their initialization order, using built-in assignment for the scalars and copy assignment operator for class types.
</p><p>The generation of the implicitly-defined copy assignment operator is deprecated<span class="t-mark-rev t-since-cxx11">(since C++11)</span> if <code>T</code> has a user-declared destructor or user-declared copy constructor.
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<h3><span class="editsection">[<a href="http://en.cppreference.com/mwiki/index.php?title=cpp/language/copy_assignment&amp;action=edit&amp;section=7" title="Edit section: Notes">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline" id="Notes">Notes</span></h3>
<p>If both copy and move assignment operators are provided, overload resolution selects the move assignment if the argument is an <i>rvalue</i> (either <i>prvalue</i> such as a nameless temporary or <i>xvalue</i> such as the result of <span class="t-lc">std::move</span>), and selects the copy assignment if the argument is <i>lvalue</i> (named object or a function/operator returning lvalue reference). If only the copy assignment is provided, all argument categories select it (as long as it takes its argument by value or as reference to const, since rvalues can bind to const references), which makes copy assignment the fallback for move assignment, when move is unavailable.
</p><p>It is unspecified whether virtual base class subobjects that are accessible through more than one path in the inheritance lattice, are assigned more than once by the implicitly-defined copy assignment operator (same applies to <a href="move_operator.html" title="cpp/language/move operator" class="mw-redirect">move assignment</a>).
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<h3><span class="editsection">[<a href="http://en.cppreference.com/mwiki/index.php?title=cpp/language/copy_assignment&amp;action=edit&amp;section=8" title="Edit section: Copy and swap">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline" id="Copy_and_swap">Copy and swap</span></h3>
<p>Copy assignment operator can be expressed in terms of copy constructor, destructor, and the swap() member function, if one is provided:
</p><p><span class="t-c"><span class="mw-geshi cpp source-cpp">T<span class="sy3">&amp;</span> T<span class="sy4">::</span><span class="me2">operator</span><span class="sy1">=</span><span class="br0">&#40;</span>T arg<span class="br0">&#41;</span> <span class="br0">&#123;</span> <span class="co1">// copy/move constructor is called to construct arg</span><br />
&#160; &#160; swap<span class="br0">&#40;</span>arg<span class="br0">&#41;</span><span class="sy4">;</span> &#160; &#160;<span class="co1">// resources exchanged between *this and arg</span><br />
&#160; &#160; <span class="kw1">return</span> <span class="sy2">*</span>this<span class="sy4">;</span><br />
<span class="br0">&#125;</span> &#160;<span class="co1">// destructor is called to release the resources formerly held by *this</span></span></span>
</p><p>For non-throwing swap(), this form provides <a href="throw.html" title="cpp/language/throw">strong exception guarantee</a>. For rvalue arguments, this form automatically invokes the move constructor, and is sometimes referred to as "unifying assignment operator" (as in, both copy and move). However, this approach is not always advisable due to potentially significant overhead: see <a href="operators.html#Assignment_operator" title="cpp/language/operators">assignment operator overloading</a> for details.
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<h3><span class="editsection">[<a href="http://en.cppreference.com/mwiki/index.php?title=cpp/language/copy_assignment&amp;action=edit&amp;section=9" title="Edit section: Example">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline" id="Example">Example</span></h3>
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<span class="co2">#include &lt;memory&gt;</span>
<span class="co2">#include &lt;string&gt;</span>
<span class="co2">#include &lt;algorithm&gt;</span>
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<span class="kw1">struct</span> A <span class="br0">&#123;</span>
    <span class="kw4">int</span> n<span class="sy4">;</span>
    <a href="../string/basic_string.html"><span class="kw1072">std::<span class="me2">string</span></span></a> s1<span class="sy4">;</span>
    <span class="co1">// user-defined copy assignment, copy-and-swap form</span>
    A<span class="sy3">&amp;</span> operator<span class="sy1">=</span><span class="br0">&#40;</span>A other<span class="br0">&#41;</span> <span class="br0">&#123;</span>
        <a href="../io/cout.html"><span class="kw1481">std::<span class="me2">cout</span></span></a> <span class="sy1">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="st0">&quot;copy assignment of A<span class="es1">\n</span>&quot;</span><span class="sy4">;</span>
        <a href="../algorithm/swap.html"><span class="kw1333">std::<span class="me2">swap</span></span></a><span class="br0">&#40;</span>n, other.<span class="me1">n</span><span class="br0">&#41;</span><span class="sy4">;</span>
        <a href="../algorithm/swap.html"><span class="kw1333">std::<span class="me2">swap</span></span></a><span class="br0">&#40;</span>s1, other.<span class="me1">s1</span><span class="br0">&#41;</span><span class="sy4">;</span>
        <span class="kw1">return</span> <span class="sy2">*</span>this<span class="sy4">;</span>
    <span class="br0">&#125;</span>
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<span class="kw1">struct</span> B <span class="sy4">:</span> A <span class="br0">&#123;</span>
    <a href="../string/basic_string.html"><span class="kw1072">std::<span class="me2">string</span></span></a> s2<span class="sy4">;</span>
    <span class="co1">// implicitly-defined copy assignment</span>
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<span class="kw1">struct</span> C <span class="br0">&#123;</span>
     <a href="../memory/unique_ptr.html"><span class="kw614">std::<span class="me2">unique_ptr</span></span></a><span class="sy1">&lt;</span><span class="kw4">int</span><span class="br0">&#91;</span><span class="br0">&#93;</span><span class="sy1">&gt;</span> data<span class="sy4">;</span>
     <a href="../types/size_t.html"><span class="kw100">std::<span class="me2">size_t</span></span></a> size<span class="sy4">;</span>
     <span class="co1">// non-copy-and-swap assignment</span>
     C<span class="sy3">&amp;</span> operator<span class="sy1">=</span><span class="br0">&#40;</span><span class="kw4">const</span> C<span class="sy3">&amp;</span> other<span class="br0">&#41;</span> <span class="br0">&#123;</span>
         <span class="co1">// check for self-assignment</span>
         <span class="kw1">if</span><span class="br0">&#40;</span><span class="sy3">&amp;</span>other <span class="sy1">==</span> this<span class="br0">&#41;</span>
             <span class="kw1">return</span> <span class="sy2">*</span>this<span class="sy4">;</span>
         <span class="co1">// reuse storage when possible</span>
         <span class="kw1">if</span><span class="br0">&#40;</span>size <span class="sy3">!</span><span class="sy1">=</span> other.<span class="me1">size</span><span class="br0">&#41;</span> <span class="br0">&#123;</span>
             data.<span class="me1">reset</span><span class="br0">&#40;</span>new <span class="kw4">int</span><span class="br0">&#91;</span>size<span class="br0">&#93;</span><span class="br0">&#41;</span><span class="sy4">;</span>
             size <span class="sy1">=</span> other.<span class="me1">size</span>
         <span class="br0">&#125;</span>
         <a href="../algorithm/copy.html"><span class="kw1315">std::<span class="me2">copy</span></span></a><span class="br0">&#40;</span><span class="sy3">&amp;</span>other.<span class="me1">data</span><span class="br0">&#91;</span><span class="nu0">0</span><span class="br0">&#93;</span>,
                   <span class="sy3">&amp;</span>other.<span class="me1">data</span><span class="br0">&#91;</span><span class="nu0">0</span><span class="br0">&#93;</span> <span class="sy2">+</span> size,
                   <span class="sy3">&amp;</span>data<span class="br0">&#91;</span><span class="nu0">0</span><span class="br0">&#93;</span><span class="br0">&#41;</span><span class="sy4">;</span>
         <span class="kw1">return</span> <span class="sy2">*</span>this<span class="sy4">;</span>
     <span class="br0">&#125;</span>
     <span class="co1">// note: copy-and-swap would always cause a reallocation</span>
<span class="br0">&#125;</span><span class="sy4">;</span>
&#160;
<span class="kw4">int</span> main<span class="br0">&#40;</span><span class="br0">&#41;</span>
<span class="br0">&#123;</span>
    A a1, a2<span class="sy4">;</span>
    <a href="../io/cout.html"><span class="kw1481">std::<span class="me2">cout</span></span></a> <span class="sy1">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="st0">&quot;a1 = a2 calls &quot;</span><span class="sy4">;</span>
    a1 <span class="sy1">=</span> a2<span class="sy4">;</span> <span class="co1">// user-defined copy assignment</span>
&#160;
    B b1, b2<span class="sy4">;</span>
    b2.<span class="me1">s1</span> <span class="sy1">=</span> <span class="st0">&quot;foo&quot;</span><span class="sy4">;</span>
    b2.<span class="me1">s2</span> <span class="sy1">=</span> <span class="st0">&quot;bar&quot;</span><span class="sy4">;</span>
    <a href="../io/cout.html"><span class="kw1481">std::<span class="me2">cout</span></span></a> <span class="sy1">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="st0">&quot;b1 = b2 calls &quot;</span><span class="sy4">;</span>
    b1 <span class="sy1">=</span> b2<span class="sy4">;</span> <span class="co1">// implicitly-defined copy assignment</span>
    <a href="../io/cout.html"><span class="kw1481">std::<span class="me2">cout</span></span></a> <span class="sy1">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="st0">&quot;b1.s1 = &quot;</span> <span class="sy1">&lt;&lt;</span> b1.<span class="me1">s1</span> <span class="sy1">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="st0">&quot; b1.s2 = &quot;</span> <span class="sy1">&lt;&lt;</span> b1.<span class="me1">s2</span> <span class="sy1">&lt;&lt;</span>  <span class="st0">'<span class="es1">\n</span>'</span><span class="sy4">;</span>
<span class="br0">&#125;</span></pre></div></div>
<p>Output:
</p>
<div dir="ltr" class="mw-geshi" style="text-align: left;"><div class="text source-text"><pre class="de1">a1 = a2 calls copy assignment of A
b1 = b2 calls copy assignment of A
b1.s1 = foo b1.s2 = bar</pre></div></div> 
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