public member function

std::slice::start

size_t start() const;

Return start of slice

Returns the index of the first element in the valarray that is selected as part of the slice.

Parameters

none

Return value

Index of the first element that is part of the slice.
size_t is an unsigned integral type.

Example

// slice::start example
#include <iostream>
#include <valarray>
using namespace std;

int main ()
{
  valarray<int> foo (10);
  for (int i=0; i<10; ++i) foo[i]=i;

  slice slc (2,4,1);

  valarray<int> bar = foo[slc];

  cout << "slice starting at " << slc.start() << ":\n";
  for (size_t n=0; n<bar.size(); n++)
	  cout << bar[n] << ' ';
  cout << endl;

  return 0;
}