# std::output_iterator

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Defined in header `<iterator>` |  |
template< class I, class T > concept output_iterator = std::input_or_output_iterator <I> && std::indirectly_writable <I, T> && requires(I i, T&& t) { *i++ = std::forward <T>(t); /* not required to be equality-preserving */ }; |  | (since C++20)

The `output_iterator` concept is a refinement of `input_or_output_iterator`, adding the requirement that it can be used to write values of type and value category encoded by `T` (via `indirectly_writable`). `equality_comparable` is not required.

### Semantic requirements

Let `E` be an expression such that decltype((E)) is `T`, and `i` be a dereferenceable object of type `I`. std::output_iterator<I, T> is modeled only if all the concepts it subsumes are modeled, and *i++ = E; has effects equivalent to *i = E; ++i;.

### Equality preservation

Expressions declared in requires expressions of the standard library concepts are required to be equality-preserving (except where stated otherwise).

### Notes

Unlike the LegacyOutputIterator requirements, the `output_iterator` concept does not require that the iterator category tag be defined.

Algorithms on output iterators should be single pass.

### See also

input_or_output_iterator (C++20) | specifies that objects of a type can be incremented and dereferenced (concept)

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