Bigtable can perform multiple changes to a single row atomically. This class represents 0 or more changes to apply to a single row. The changes may include setting cells (which implicitly insert the values), deleting values, etc.
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[2.13.0](/cpp/docs/reference/bigtable/2.13.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1bigtable_1_1SingleRowMutation)\n- [2.12.0](/cpp/docs/reference/bigtable/2.12.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1bigtable_1_1SingleRowMutation)\n- [2.11.0](/cpp/docs/reference/bigtable/2.11.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1bigtable_1_1SingleRowMutation) \nRepresent a single row mutation. \nBigtable can perform multiple changes to a single row atomically. This class represents 0 or more changes to apply to a single row. The changes may include setting cells (which implicitly insert the values), deleting values, etc.\n\nConstructors\n------------\n\n### SingleRowMutation(RowKey \\&\\&)\n\nCreate an empty mutation.\n\n### SingleRowMutation(RowKey \\&\\&, std::initializer_list\\\u003c Mutation \\\u003e)\n\nCreate a row mutation from a initializer list.\n\n### SingleRowMutation(RowKey \\&\\&, M \\&\\&...)\n\nCreate a single-row multiple-cell mutation from a variadic list.\n\n### SingleRowMutation(::google::bigtable::v2::MutateRowsRequest::Entry)\n\nCreate a row mutation from gRPC proto.\n\n### SingleRowMutation(::google::bigtable::v2::MutateRowRequest)\n\nCreate a row mutation from gRPC proto.\n\n### SingleRowMutation(SingleRowMutation \\&\\&)\n\n### SingleRowMutation(SingleRowMutation const \\&)\n\nOperators\n---------\n\n### operator=(SingleRowMutation \\&\\&)\n\n### operator=(SingleRowMutation const \\&)\n\nFunctions\n---------\n\n### emplace_back(Mutation)\n\n### row_key() const\n\n### MoveTo(google::bigtable::v2::MutateRowsRequest::Entry \\*)\n\nMove the contents into a bigtable::v2::MutateRowsRequest::Entry.\n\n### MoveTo(google::bigtable::v2::MutateRowRequest \\&)\n\nTransfer the contents to `request`.\n\n### Clear()\n\nRemove the contents of the mutation."]]
