std:: find_first_of

Searches the range [ first , last ) for any of the elements in the range [ s_first , s_last ) .

Parameters

Return value

Iterator to the first element in the range [ first , last ) that is equal to an element from the range [ s_first , s_last ) .

If [ s_first , s_last ) is empty or if no such element is found, last is returned.

Complexity

Given \(\scriptsize N\) N as std:: distance ( first, last ) and \(\scriptsize S\) S as std:: distance ( s_first, s_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.

Possible implementation

template<class InputIt, class ForwardIt>
InputIt find_first_of(InputIt first, InputIt last,
                      ForwardIt s_first, ForwardIt s_last)
{
    for (; first != last; ++first)
        for (ForwardIt it = s_first; it != s_last; ++it)
            if (*first == *it)
                return first;
    return last;
}

template<class InputIt, class ForwardIt, class BinaryPred>
InputIt find_first_of(InputIt first, InputIt last,
                      ForwardIt s_first, ForwardIt s_last,
                      BinaryPred p)
{
    for (; first != last; ++first)
        for (ForwardIt it = s_first; it != s_last; ++it)
            if (p(*first, *it))
                return first;
    return last;
}

Example

#include <algorithm>
#include <iostream>
#include <vector>
 
auto print_sequence = [](const auto id, const auto& seq, int pos = -1)
{
    std::cout << id << "{ ";
    for (int i{}; auto const& e : seq)
    {
        const bool mark{i == pos};
        std::cout << (i++ ? ", " : "");
        std::cout << (mark ? "[ " : "") << e << (mark ? " ]" : "");
    }
    std::cout << " }\n";
};
 
int main()
{
    const std::vector<int> v{0, 2, 3, 25, 5};
    const auto t1 = {19, 10, 3, 4};
    const auto t2 = {1, 6, 7, 9};
 
    auto find_any_of = [](const auto& v, const auto& t)
    {
        const auto result = std::find_first_of(v.begin(), v.end(),
                                               t.begin(), t.end());
        if (result == v.end())
        {
            std::cout << "No elements of v are equal to any element of ";
            print_sequence("t = ", t);
            print_sequence("v = ", v);
        }
        else
        {
            const auto pos = std::distance(v.begin(), result);
            std::cout << "Found a match (" << *result << ") at position " << pos;
            print_sequence(", where t = ", t);
            print_sequence("v = ", v, pos);
        }
    };
 
    find_any_of(v, t1);
    find_any_of(v, t2);
}

Found a match (3) at position 2, where t = { 19, 10, 3, 4 }
v = { 0, 2, [ 3 ], 25, 5 }
No elements of v are equal to any element of t = { 1, 6, 7, 9 }
v = { 0, 2, 3, 25, 5 }

Defect reports

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

See also