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<pre class="c code c++" style="font-family:monospace;"> <span class="co2">#include <vector></span>
size_type max_size<span class="br0">(</span><span class="br0">)</span> <span class="kw4">const</span><span class="sy0">;</span></pre>
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The max_size() function returns the maximum number of elements that the vector
can hold. The max_size() function should not be confused with the <a href="../../stl/vector/size.html" class="wikilink1" title="stl:vector:size">size</a> or
<a href="../../stl/vector/capacity.html" class="wikilink1" title="stl:vector:capacity">capacity</a> functions, which return the number of elements currently in the
vector and the the number of elements that the vector will be able to hold
before more memory will have to be allocated, respectively.
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Related Topics: <a href="../../stl/vector/size.html" class="wikilink1" title="stl:vector:size">size</a>, <a href="../../stl/vector/capacity.html" class="wikilink1" title="stl:vector:capacity">capacity</a>
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