Difference between revisions of "cpp/algorithm/accumulate"

Revision as of 05:20, 18 December 2022

Computes the sum of the given value init and the elements in the range [first, last). The first version uses operator+ to sum up the elements, the second version uses the given binary function op, both applying std::move to their operands on the left hand side(since C++20).

op must not invalidate any iterators, including the end iterators, nor modify any elements of the range involved, nor *last.

Parameters

Return value

Notes

std::accumulate performs a left fold. In order to perform a right fold, one must reverse the order of the arguments to the binary operator, and use reverse iterators.

Common mistakes

If left to type inference, op operates on values of the same type as init which can result in unwanted casting of the iterator elements. For example, std::accumulate(v.begin(), v.end(), 0) likely does not give the result one wishes for when v is std::vector<double>.

Possible implementation

template<class InputIt, class T>
constexpr // since C++20
T accumulate(InputIt first, InputIt last, T init)
{
    for (; first != last; ++first)
        init = std::move(init) + *first; // std::move since C++20
 
    return init;
}

template<class InputIt, class T, class BinaryOperation>
constexpr // since C++20
T accumulate(InputIt first, InputIt last, T init, BinaryOperation op)
{
    for (; first != last; ++first)
        init = op(std::move(init), *first); // std::move since C++20
 
    return init;
}

Example

#include <iostream>
#include <vector>
#include <numeric>
#include <string>
#include <functional>
 
int main()
{
    std::vector<int> v{1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10};
 
    int sum = std::accumulate(v.begin(), v.end(), 0);
 
    int product = std::accumulate(v.begin(), v.end(), 1, std::multiplies<int>());
 
    auto dash_fold = [](std::string a, int b)
    {
        return std::move(a) + '-' + std::to_string(b);
    };
 
    std::string s = std::accumulate(std::next(v.begin()), v.end(),
                                    std::to_string(v[0]), // start with first element
                                    dash_fold);
 
    // Right fold using reverse iterators
    std::string rs = std::accumulate(std::next(v.rbegin()), v.rend(),
                                     std::to_string(v.back()), // start with last element
                                     dash_fold);
 
    std::cout << "sum: " << sum << '\n'
              << "product: " << product << '\n'
              << "dash-separated string: " << s << '\n'
              << "dash-separated string (right-folded): " << rs << '\n';
}

sum: 55
product: 3628800
dash-separated string: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10
dash-separated string (right-folded): 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1

Defect reports

The following behavior-changing defect reports were applied retroactively to previously published C++ standards.

See also