find()

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Algorithm that finds an occurrence of value in a sequence

#include <algorithm>

namespace std {
  template <class InputIterator, class T>
  InputIterator find(InputIterator start, 
                     InputIterator finish,
                     const T& value);
}

The find() algorithm lets you search for the first occurrence of a particular value in a sequence. find() returns the first iterator i in the range [start, finish) for which the following condition holds:

*i == value.

If find() does not find a match for value, it returns the iterator finish.

Type T must be EqualityComparable.

find() performs at most finish - start comparisons.

//
//  find.cpp
//

#include <vector>      // for vector
#include <algorithm>   // for adjacent_find, find
#include <functional>  // for bind1st, equal_to
#include <iostream>    // for cout, endl



int main ()
{
    // Typedef for convenience.
    typedef std::vector<int, std::allocator<int> > Vector;

    const Vector::value_type arr[] = { 0, 1, 2, 2, 3, 
                                       4, 2, 2, 6, 7 };

    // Set up a vector.
    const Vector v1 (arr, arr + sizeof arr / sizeof *arr);

    // Try find.
    Vector::const_iterator it = std::find (v1.begin (), 
                                           v1.end (), 3);

    std::cout << *it << ' ';

    // Try find_if.
    it = std::find_if (v1.begin (), v1.end (),
             std::bind1st (std::equal_to<Vector::value_type>(), 
             3));

    std::cout << *it << ' ';

    // Try both adjacent_find variants.
    it = std::adjacent_find (v1.begin (), v1.end ());

    std::cout << *it << ' ';

    it = std::adjacent_find (v1.begin (), v1.end (),
                          std::equal_to<Vector::value_type>());

    std::cout << *it << std::endl;

    return 0;
}
Program Output

3 3 2 2

adjacent_find(), find_first_of(), find_if()

ISO/IEC 14882:1998 -- International Standard for Information Systems -- Programming Language C++, Section 25.1.2