C++ Standard Library Algorithms std::count_if

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Example

template <class InputIterator, class UnaryPredicate>
typename iterator_traits<InputIterator>::difference_type
count_if (InputIterator first, InputIterator last, UnaryPredicate red);

Effects

Counts the number of elements in a range for which a specified predicate function is true

Parameters

first => iterator pointing to the beginning of the range last => iterator pointing to the end of the range red => predicate function(returns true or false)

Return

The number of elements within the specified range for which the predicate function returned true.

Example

#include <iostream>
#include <vector>
#include <algorithm>

using namespace std;

/*
    Define a few functions to use as predicates
*/

//return true if number is odd
bool isOdd(int i){
  return i%2 == 1;
}

//functor that returns true if number is greater than the value of the constructor parameter provided
class Greater {
  int _than;
public:
  Greater(int th): _than(th){}
  bool operator()(int i){
    return i > _than;
  }
};

int main(int argc, const char * argv[]) {
  
  //create a vector
  vector<int> myvec = {1,5,8,0,7,6,4,5,2,1,5,0,6,9,7};

  //using a lambda function to count even numbers
  size_t evenCount = count_if(myvec.begin(), myvec.end(), [](int i){return i % 2 == 0;}); // >= C++11
  
  //using function pointer to count odd number in the first half of the vector
  size_t oddCount = count_if(myvec.begin(), myvec.end()- myvec.size()/2, isOdd);
  
  //using a functor to count numbers greater than 5
  size_t greaterCount = count_if(myvec.begin(), myvec.end(), Greater(5));

  cout << "vector size: " << myvec.size() << endl;
  cout << "even numbers: " << evenCount << " found" << endl;
  cout << "odd numbers: " << oddCount << " found" << endl;
  cout << "numbers > 5: " << greaterCount << " found"<< endl;
  
  return 0;
}

Output

vector size: 15
even numbers: 7 found
odd numbers: 4 found
numbers > 5: 6 found


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