std::shared_ptr<T>::get

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std::shared_ptr

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T* get()constnoexcept;		(until C++17)
element_type* get()constnoexcept;		(since C++17)

Returns the stored pointer.

[edit]Parameters

(none)

[edit]Return value

The stored pointer.

[edit]Notes

Ashared_ptr may share ownership of an object while storing a pointer to another object.get() returns the stored pointer, not the managed pointer.

[edit]Example

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#include <iostream>#include <memory>#include <string_view> int main(){auto output=[](std::string_view msg,intconst* pInt){std::cout<< msg<<*pInt<<" in "<< pInt<<'\n';}; int* pInt= newint(42);std::shared_ptr<int> pShared=std::make_shared<int>(42);     output("Naked pointer: ", pInt);//  output("Shared pointer: ", pShared); // compiler error    output("Shared pointer: ",&*pShared);// OK, calls operator*, then takes addr    output("Shared pointer with get(): ", pShared.get());     delete pInt; std::cout<<"\nThe shared_ptr's aliasing constructor demo.\n";struct Base1{int i1{};};struct Base2{int i2{};};struct Derived: Base1, Base2{int i3{};}; std::shared_ptr<Derived> p(new Derived());std::shared_ptr<Base2> q(p,static_cast<Base2*>(p.get()));std::cout<<"q shares ownership with p, but points to Base2 subobject:\n"<<"p.get(): "<< p.get()<<'\n'<<"q.get(): "<< q.get()<<'\n'<<"&(p->i1): "<<&(p->i1)<<'\n'<<"&(p->i2): "<<&(p->i2)<<'\n'<<"&(p->i3): "<<&(p->i3)<<'\n'<<"&(q->i2): "<<&(q->i2)<<'\n';}

Possible output:

Naked pointer: 42 in 0xacac20Shared pointer: 42 in 0xacac50Shared pointer with get(): 42 in 0xacac50 The shared_ptr's aliasing constructor demo.q shares ownership with p, but points to Base2 subobject:p.get(): 0xacac20q.get(): 0xacac24&(p->i1): 0xacac20&(p->i2): 0xacac24&(p->i3): 0xacac28&(q->i2): 0xacac24