[simd.mask.cond]

# 29 Numerics library [[numerics]](./#numerics)

## 29.10 Data-parallel types [[simd]](simd#mask.cond)

### 29.10.10 basic_mask non-member operations [[simd.mask.nonmembers]](simd.mask.nonmembers#simd.mask.cond)

#### 29.10.10.4 basic_mask exposition only conditional operators [simd.mask.cond]

[🔗](#itemdecl:1)

`friend constexpr basic_mask simd-select-impl(
  const basic_mask& mask, const basic_mask& a, const basic_mask& b) noexcept;
`

[1](#1)

[#](http://github.com/Eelis/draft/tree/9adde4bc1c62ec234483e63ea3b70a59724c745a/source/numerics.tex#L20441)

*Returns*: A basic_mask object where the ith element equalsmask[i] ? a[i] : b[i] for all i in the range of
[0, size())[.](#1.sentence-1)

[🔗](#itemdecl:2)

`friend constexpr basic_mask
simd-select-impl(const basic_mask& mask, [same_as](concept.same#concept:same_as "18.4.2 Concept same_­as [concept.same]")<bool> auto a, [same_as](concept.same#concept:same_as "18.4.2 Concept same_­as [concept.same]")<bool> auto b) noexcept;
`

[2](#2)

[#](http://github.com/Eelis/draft/tree/9adde4bc1c62ec234483e63ea3b70a59724c745a/source/numerics.tex#L20454)

*Returns*: A basic_mask object where the ith element equalsmask[i] ? a : b for all i in the range of [0, size())[.](#2.sentence-1)

[🔗](#itemdecl:3)

`template<class T0, class T1>
  friend constexpr vec<see below, size()>
    simd-select-impl(const basic_mask& mask, const T0& a, const T1& b) noexcept;
`

[3](#3)

[#](http://github.com/Eelis/draft/tree/9adde4bc1c62ec234483e63ea3b70a59724c745a/source/numerics.tex#L20467)

*Constraints*: 

- [(3.1)](#3.1)

same_as<T0, T1> is true,

- [(3.2)](#3.2)

T0 is a vectorizable type, and

- [(3.3)](#3.3)

sizeof(T0) == Bytes[.](#3.sentence-1)

[4](#4)

[#](http://github.com/Eelis/draft/tree/9adde4bc1c62ec234483e63ea3b70a59724c745a/source/numerics.tex#L20478)

*Returns*: A vec<T0, size()> object where the ith element equalsmask[i] ? a : b for all i in the range of [0, size())[.](#4.sentence-1)