using STL to find all elements in a vector

Question

I have a collection of elements that I need to operate over, calling member functions on the collection:

std::vector v;
... // vector is popula         


        

Answer 1

I wrote a for_each_if() and a for_each_equal() which do what I think you're looking for.

for_each_if() takes a predicate functor to evaluate equality, and for_each_equal() takes a value of any type and does a direct comparison using operator ==. In both cases, the function you pass in is called on each element that passes the equality test.

/* ---

    For each
    25.1.1

        template< class InputIterator, class Function, class T>
            Function for_each_equal(InputIterator first, InputIterator last, const T& value, Function f)

        template< class InputIterator, class Function, class Predicate >
            Function for_each_if(InputIterator first, InputIterator last, Predicate pred, Function f)

    Requires:   

        T is of type EqualityComparable (20.1.1) 

    Effects:    

         Applies f to each dereferenced iterator i in the range [first, last) where one of the following conditions hold:

            1:  *i == value
            2:  pred(*i) != false

    Returns:    

        f

    Complexity: 

        At most last - first applications of f

    --- */

    template< class InputIterator, class Function, class Predicate >
    Function for_each_if(InputIterator first, 
                         InputIterator last, 
                         Predicate pred, 
                         Function f)
    {
        for( ; first != last; ++first)
        {
            if( pred(*first) )
                f(*first);
        }
        return f;
    };

    template< class InputIterator, class Function, class T>
    Function for_each_equal(InputIterator first, 
                            InputIterator last, 
                            const T& value, 
                            Function f)
    {
        for( ; first != last; ++first)
        {
            if( *first == value )
                f(*first);
        }
        return f;
    };