C++ Standard Library Algorithms std::min_element
Example
template <class ForwardIterator>
ForwardIterator min_element (ForwardIterator first, ForwardIterator last);
template <class ForwardIterator, class Compare>
ForwardIterator min_element (ForwardIterator first, ForwardIterator last,Compare comp);
Effects
Finds the minimum element in a range
Parameters
first - iterator pointing to the beginning of the range
last - iterator pointing to the end of the range
comp - a function pointer or function object that takes two arguments and returns true or false indicating whether argument is less than argument 2. This function should not modify inputs
Return
Iterator to the minimum element in the range
Complexity
Linear in one less than the number of elements compared.
Example
#include <iostream>
#include <algorithm>
#include <vector>
#include <utility> //to use make_pair
using namespace std;
//function compare two pairs
bool pairLessThanFunction(const pair<string, int> &p1, const pair<string, int> &p2)
{
return p1.second < p2.second;
}
int main(int argc, const char * argv[]) {
vector<int> intVec {30,200,167,56,75,94,10,73,52,6,39,43};
vector<pair<string, int>> pairVector = {make_pair("y", 25), make_pair("b", 2), make_pair("z", 26), make_pair("e", 5) };
// default using < operator
auto minInt = min_element(intVec.begin(), intVec.end());
//Using pairLessThanFunction
auto minPairFunction = min_element(pairVector.begin(), pairVector.end(), pairLessThanFunction);
//print minimum of intVector
cout << "min int from default: " << *minInt << endl;
//print minimum of pairVector
cout << "min pair from PairLessThanFunction: " << (*minPairFunction).second << endl;
return 0;
}
Output
min int from default: 6
min pair from PairLessThanFunction: 2
