std::search

Defined in header <algorithm>

template< class ForwardIt1, class ForwardIt2 >
ForwardIt1 search( ForwardIt1 first, ForwardIt1 last,
                   ForwardIt2 s_first, ForwardIt2 s_last );

(1)

template< class ForwardIt1, class ForwardIt2, class BinaryPredicate >
ForwardIt1 search( ForwardIt1 first, ForwardIt1 last,
                   ForwardIt2 s_first, ForwardIt2 s_last, BinaryPredicate p );

(2)

Searches for the first occurrence of the subsequence of elements [s_first, s_last) in the range [first, last - (s_last - s_first)). The first version uses operator== to compare the elements, the second version uses the given binary predicate p.

Parameters

first, last	-	the range of elements to examine
s_first, s_last	-	the range of elements to search for
p	-	binary predicate which returns `true` if the elements should be treated as equal. The signature of the predicate function should be equivalent to the following: `bool pred(const Type1 &a, const Type2 &b);` The signature does not need to have `const &`, but the function must not modify the objects passed to it. The types `Type1` and `Type2` must be such that objects of types `ForwardIt1` and `ForwardIt2` can be dereferenced and then implicitly converted to `Type1` and `Type2` respectively.
Type requirements
- `ForwardIt1, ForwardIt2` must meet the requirements of `ForwardIterator`.

Return value

Iterator to the beginning of first subsequence [s_first, s_last) in the range [first, last - (s_last - s_first)). If no such subsequence is found, last is returned.
If [s_first, s_last) is empty, first is returned. (since C++11).

Complexity

At most S*N comparisons where S = std::distance(s_first, s_last) and N = std::distance(first, last).

Possible implementation

First version

template<class ForwardIt1, class ForwardIt2>
ForwardIt1 search(ForwardIt1 first, ForwardIt1 last,
                        ForwardIt2 s_first, ForwardIt2 s_last)
{
    for (; ; ++first) {
        ForwardIt1 it = first;
        for (ForwardIt2 s_it = s_first; ; ++it, ++s_it) {
            if (s_it == s_last) {
                return first;
            }
            if (it == last) {
                return last;
            }
            if (!(*it == *s_it)) {
                break;
            }
        }
    }
}

Second version

template<class ForwardIt1, class ForwardIt2, class BinaryPredicate>
ForwardIt1 search(ForwardIt1 first, ForwardIt1 last,
                        ForwardIt2 s_first, ForwardIt2 s_last, 
                        BinaryPredicate p)
{
    for (; ; ++first) {
        ForwardIt1 it = first;
        for (ForwardIt2 s_it = s_first; ; ++it, ++s_it) {
            if (s_it == s_last) {
                return first;
            }
            if (it == last) {
                return last;
            }
            if (!p(*it, *s_it)) {
                break;
            }
        }
    }
}

Example

#include <string>
#include <algorithm>
#include <iostream>
#include <vector>
  
template<typename Container>
bool in_quote(const Container& cont, const std::string& s)
{
    return std::search(cont.begin(), cont.end(), s.begin(), s.end()) != cont.end();
}
  
int main()
{
    std::string str = "why waste time learning, when ignorance is instantaneous?";
    // str.find() can be used as well
    std::cout << std::boolalpha << in_quote(str, "learning") << '\n'
                                << in_quote(str, "lemming")  << '\n';
  
    std::vector<char> vec(str.begin(), str.end());
    std::cout << std::boolalpha << in_quote(vec, "learning") << '\n'
                                << in_quote(vec, "lemming")  << '\n';
}

Output:

true
false
true
false

find_end	finds the last sequence of elements in a certain range (function template)
includes	returns true if one set is a subset of another (function template)
equal	determines if two sets of elements are the same (function template)
findfind_iffind_if_not (C++11)	finds the first element satisfying specific criteria (function template)
lexicographical_compare	returns true if one range is lexicographically less than another (function template)
mismatch	finds the first position where two ranges differ (function template)
search_n	searches for a number consecutive copies of an element in a range (function template)
std::experimental::search (library fundamentals TS)	applies a searcher to a sequence (function template)
std::experimental::parallel::search (parallelism TS)	parallelized version of `std::search` (function template)

Links:

http://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/algorithm/search

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2025-01-10 15:47:30

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