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.. highlight:: cpp
.. default-domain:: cpp

.. _column_accessor:

===============
Column accessor
===============

The ``column_accessor`` class provides a read-only access to the column values
of the :txtref:`table` as :capterm:`contiguous <contiguous data>`
:capterm:`homogeneous <homogeneous data>` array.

-------------
Usage Example
-------------

.. include:: ../../../includes/data-management/column-accessor-usage-example.rst

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Programming interface
---------------------

Refer to :ref:`API Reference: Column accessor <api_column_accessor>`.