std::filesystem::path::assign

Replaces the contents to the path object by a new pathname constructed from the given character sequence.

# Declarations

path& assign( string_type&& source );

(since C++17)

template< class Source >
path& assign( const Source& source );

(since C++17)

template< class InputIt >
path& assign( InputIt first, InputIt last );

(since C++17)

# Parameters

• source: a character range to use, represented as std::string, std::string_view, pointer to a null-terminated multibyte string, or as an input iterator with char value type that points to a null-terminated multibyte string
• first, last: a character range to use

# Return value

*this

# Defect reports

# See also

• operator=