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| 17 | <div class="section" id="random-access-sequence"> |
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| 18 | <h1><a class="toc-backref" href="./concepts.html#id326" name="random-access-sequence">Random Access Sequence</a></h1> |
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| 20 | <h3><a class="subsection-title" href="#description" name="description">Description</a></h3> |
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| 21 | <p>A <a class="reference" href="./random-access-sequence.html">Random Access Sequence</a> is a <a class="reference" href="./bidirectional-sequence.html">Bidirectional Sequence</a> whose iterators model |
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| 22 | <a class="reference" href="./random-access-iterator.html">Random Access Iterator</a>. A random access sequence guarantees amortized constant |
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| 23 | time access to an arbitrary sequence element.</p> |
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| 25 | <div class="section" id="random-refinement-of"> |
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| 26 | <h3><a class="subsection-title" href="#refinement-of" name="refinement-of">Refinement of</a></h3> |
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| 27 | <p><a class="reference" href="./bidirectional-sequence.html">Bidirectional Sequence</a></p> |
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| 29 | <div class="section" id="random-expression-requirements"> |
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| 30 | <h3><a class="subsection-title" href="#expression-requirements" name="expression-requirements">Expression requirements</a></h3> |
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| 31 | <p>In addition to the requirements defined in <a class="reference" href="./bidirectional-sequence.html">Bidirectional Sequence</a>, |
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| 32 | for any <a class="reference" href="./random-access-sequence.html">Random Access Sequence</a> <tt class="literal"><span class="pre">s</span></tt> the following must be met:</p> |
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| 40 | <tr><th>Expression</th> |
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| 41 | <th>Type</th> |
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| 42 | <th>Complexity</th> |
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| 46 | <tr><td><tt class="literal"><span class="pre"><a href="./begin.html" class="identifier">begin</a><s>::type</span></tt></td> |
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| 47 | <td><a class="reference" href="./random-access-iterator.html">Random Access Iterator</a></td> |
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| 48 | <td>Amortized constant time</td> |
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| 50 | <tr><td><tt class="literal"><span class="pre"><a href="./end.html" class="identifier">end</a><s>::type</span></tt></td> |
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| 51 | <td><a class="reference" href="./random-access-iterator.html">Random Access Iterator</a></td> |
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| 52 | <td>Amortized constant time</td> |
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| 55 | <td>Any type</td> |
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| 56 | <td>Amortized constant time</td> |
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| 61 | <div class="section" id="random-expression-semantics"> |
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| 62 | <h3><a class="subsection-title" href="#expression-semantics" name="expression-semantics">Expression semantics</a></h3> |
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| 63 | <p>Semantics of an expression is defined only where it differs from, or is not |
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| 64 | defined in <a class="reference" href="./bidirectional-sequence.html">Bidirectional Sequence</a>.</p> |
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| 77 | <td>The <tt class="literal"><span class="pre">n</span></tt>th element from the beginning of the sequence; see <a class="refentry reference" href="./at.html"><tt class="refentry literal"><span class="pre">at</span></tt></a>.</td> |
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| 89 | <div class="section" id="random-see-also"> |
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| 90 | <h3><a class="subsection-title" href="#see-also" name="see-also">See also</a></h3> |
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| 91 | <p><a class="reference" href="./sequences.html">Sequences</a>, <a class="reference" href="./bidirectional-sequence.html">Bidirectional Sequence</a>, <a class="reference" href="./extensible-sequence.html">Extensible Sequence</a>, <a class="reference" href="./random-access-iterator.html">Random Access Iterator</a>, |
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