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# std::list::size

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< cpp‎ | container‎ | list

size_type size() const; |  |

Returns the number of elements in the container, i.e. std::distance(begin(), end()).

### [edit] Parameters

(none)

### [edit] Return value

The number of elements in the container.

### [edit] Exceptions

(none) | (until C++11)
`noexcept` specification: noexcept | (since C++11)

### [edit] Complexity

Constant or linear. | (until C++11)
Constant. | (since C++11)

### [edit] Example

The following code uses `size` to display the number of elements in a std::list:

Run this code

    #include <list>
    #include <iostream>

    int main()
    {
        std::list<int> nums {1, 3, 5, 7};

        std::cout << "nums contains " << nums.size() << " elements.\n";
    }

Output:

    nums contains 4 elements.

### [edit] See also

empty | checks whether the container is empty (public member function) [edit]
max_size | returns the maximum possible number of elements (public member function) [edit]
resize | changes the number of elements stored (public member function) [edit]

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