# std::counting_semaphore<LeastMaxValue>::try_acquire

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bool try_acquire() noexcept; |  | (since C++20)

Tries to atomically decrement the internal counter by 1 if it is greater than ​0​; no blocking occurs regardless.

### Return value

true if it decremented the internal counter, otherwise false.

### Notes

Implementations are allowed to fail to decrement the counter even if it was greater than ​0​ - i.e., they are allowed to spuriously fail and return false.

### See also

release | increments the internal counter and unblocks acquirers (public member function)
acquire | decrements the internal counter or blocks until it can (public member function)
try_acquire_for | tries to decrement the internal counter, blocking for up to a duration time (public member function)
try_acquire_until | tries to decrement the internal counter, blocking until a point in time (public member function)

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