std::for_each_n

Applies the given function object f to the result of dereferencing every iterator in the range [ first ,  first + n ) . If f

If n >= 0 is not true

If the iterator type (InputIt/ForwardIt) is mutable, f may modify the elements of the range through the dereferenced iterator.

Unlike the rest of the parallel algorithms, for_each_n is not allowed to make copies of the elements in the sequence even if they are TriviallyCopyable

Parameters

Return value

An iterator equal to first + n, or more formally, to std::advance(first, n)

Complexity

Exactly n applications of f.

Exceptions

The overload with a template parameter named ExecutionPolicy reports errors as follows:

• If execution of a function invoked as part of the algorithm throws an exception and ExecutionPolicy is one of the standard policies, std::terminate is called. For any other ExecutionPolicy
• If the algorithm fails to allocate memory, std::bad_alloc is thrown.

Possible implementation

See also the implementation in libstdc++, libc++ and MSVC stdlib

template<class InputIt, class Size, class UnaryFunc>
InputIt for_each_n(InputIt first, Size n, UnaryFunc f)
{
    for (Size i = 0; i < n; ++first, (void) ++i)
        f(*first);
 
    return first;
}

Example

#include <algorithm>
#include <iostream>
#include <vector>
 
void println(auto const& v)
{
    for (auto count{v.size()}; const auto& e : v)
        std::cout << e << (--count ? ", " : "\n");
}
 
int main()
{
    std::vector<int> vi{1, 2, 3, 4, 5};
    println(vi);
 
    std::for_each_n(vi.begin(), 3, [](auto& n) { n *= 2; });
    println(vi);
}

1, 2, 3, 4, 5
2, 4, 6, 4, 5

See also