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# std::match_results::size

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< cpp‎ | regex‎ | match results

size_type size() const; |  | (since C++11)

Returns the number of submatches, i.e. std::distance(begin(), end()).

Returns `0` if `*this` does not represent the result of a successful match.

### [edit] Parameters

(none)

### [edit] Return value

The number of submatches

### [edit] Exceptions

`noexcept` specification:
noexcept

### [edit] Complexity

Constant

### [edit] Example

Run this code

    #include <iostream>
    #include <regex>
    #include <string>

    int main()
    {
        std::regex re("a(a)*b");
        std::string target("aaab");
        std::smatch sm;

        std::cout << sm.size() << '\n';

        std::regex_match(target, sm, re);
        std::cout << sm.size() << '\n';
    }

Output:

    0
    2

### [edit] See also

begin cbegin | returns iterator to the beginning of the list of sub-matches (public member function) [edit]
end cend | returns iterator to the end of the list of sub-matches (public member function) [edit]

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