std::experimental::filesystem::path::operator=
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                    |   path& operator=( const path& p );  | 
(1) | (filesystem TS) | 
|   path& operator=( path&& p );  | 
(2) | (filesystem TS) | 
|   template< class Source > path& operator=( const Source& source );  | 
(3) | (filesystem TS) | 
1) Replaces the contents of *this with a copy of the contents of p.
2) Replaces the contents of *this with p, possibly using move semantics: p is left in valid, but unspecified state.
3) Replaces the contents of *this with a new path value constructed from source as if by overload (4) of the path constructor. Equivalent to assign(source).
Parameters
| p | - | a path to assign | 
| source | - | a std::basic_string, pointer to a null-terminated character/wide character string, or an input iterator that points to a null-terminated character/wide character sequence. The character type must be one of char, char16_t, char32_t, wchar_t | 
Return value
*this
Exceptions
1) (none)
2) 
noexcept specification:  
noexcept
  3) (none)
Example
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#include <experimental/filesystem> namespace fs = std::experimental::filesystem; int main() { fs::path p = "C:/users/abcdef/AppData/Local"; p = p / "Temp"; // move assignment const wchar_t* wstr = L"D:/猫.txt"; p = wstr; // assignment from a source }
See also
|   assigns contents  (public member function)  | |
  constructs a path (public member function)  |