std:: count, std:: count_if

Returns the number of elements in the range [ first , last ) satisfying specific criteria.

Parameters

Return value

The number of iterators it in the range [ first , last ) satisfying the following condition:

Complexity

Given \(\scriptsize N\) N as std:: distance ( first, last ) :

Exceptions

The overloads with a template parameter named ExecutionPolicy report 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 , the behavior is implementation-defined.
• If the algorithm fails to allocate memory, std::bad_alloc is thrown.

Notes

For the number of elements in the range [ first , last ) without any additional criteria, see std::distance .

Possible implementation

See also the implementations of count in libstdc++ and libc++ .

See also the implementations of count_if in libstdc++ and libc++ .

template<class InputIt, class T = typename std::iterator_traits<InputIt>::value_type>
typename std::iterator_traits<InputIt>::difference_type
    count(InputIt first, InputIt last, const T& value)
{
    typename std::iterator_traits<InputIt>::difference_type ret = 0;
    for (; first != last; ++first)
        if (*first == value)
            ++ret;
    return ret;
}

template<class InputIt, class UnaryPred>
typename std::iterator_traits<InputIt>::difference_type
    count_if(InputIt first, InputIt last, UnaryPred p)
{
    typename std::iterator_traits<InputIt>::difference_type ret = 0;
    for (; first != last; ++first)
        if (p(*first))
            ++ret;
    return ret;
}

Example

#include <algorithm>
#include <array>
#include <cassert>
#include <complex>
#include <iostream>
#include <iterator>
 
int main()
{
    constexpr std::array v{1, 2, 3, 4, 4, 3, 7, 8, 9, 10};
    std::cout << "v: ";
    std::copy(v.cbegin(), v.cend(), std::ostream_iterator<int>(std::cout, " "));
    std::cout << '\n';
 
    // Determine how many integers match a target value.
    for (const int target : {3, 4, 5})
    {
        const int num_items = std::count(v.cbegin(), v.cend(), target);
        std::cout << "number: " << target << ", count: " << num_items << '\n';
    }
 
    // Use a lambda expression to count elements divisible by 4.
    int count_div4 = std::count_if(v.begin(), v.end(), [](int i) { return i % 4 == 0; });
    std::cout << "numbers divisible by four: " << count_div4 << '\n';
 
    // A simplified version of `distance` with O(N) complexity:
    auto distance = [](auto first, auto last)
    {
        return std::count_if(first, last, [](auto) { return true; });
    };
    static_assert(distance(v.begin(), v.end()) == 10);
 
    std::array<std::complex<double>, 3> nums{{{4, 2}, {1, 3}, {4, 2}}};
    #ifdef __cpp_lib_algorithm_default_value_type
        // T gets deduced making list-initialization possible
        auto c = std::count(nums.cbegin(), nums.cend(), {4, 2});
    #else
        auto c = std::count(nums.cbegin(), nums.cend(), std::complex<double>{4, 2});
    #endif
    assert(c == 2);
}

v: 1 2 3 4 4 3 7 8 9 10
number: 3, count: 2
number: 4, count: 2
number: 5, count: 0
numbers divisible by four: 3

Defect reports

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

See also