std::count, std::count_if

 

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all_ofany_ofnone_of (C++11)(C++11)(C++11) for_each countcount_if mismatch equal	findfind_iffind_if_not (C++11) find_end find_first_of adjacent_find search search_n
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copycopy_if (C++11) copy_n (C++11) copy_backward move (C++11) move_backward (C++11) fill fill_n transform generate generate_n removeremove_if remove_copyremove_copy_if	replacereplace_if replace_copyreplace_copy_if swap swap_ranges iter_swap reverse reverse_copy rotate rotate_copy random_shuffleshuffle (until C++17)(C++11) unique unique_copy
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is_partitioned (C++11) partition partition_copy (C++11)	stable_partition partition_point (C++11)
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is_sorted (C++11) is_sorted_until (C++11) sort	partial_sort partial_sort_copy stable_sort nth_element
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lower_bound upper_bound	binary_search equal_range
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iota (C++11) accumulate inner_product	adjacent_difference partial_sum
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qsort	bsearch

 

Defined in header <algorithm>
template< class InputIt, class T > typename iterator_traits<InputIt>::difference_type     count( InputIt first, InputIt last, const T &value );	(1)
template< class InputIt, class UnaryPredicate > typename iterator_traits<InputIt>::difference_type     count_if( InputIt first, InputIt last, UnaryPredicate p );	(2)

Returns the number of elements in the range [first, last) satisfying specific criteria. The first version counts the elements that are equal to value, the second version counts elements for which predicate p returns true.

Parameters

first, last	-	the range of elements to examine
value	-	the value to search for
p	-	unary predicate which returns ​true for the required elements. The signature of the predicate function should be equivalent to the following:  bool pred(const Type &a); The signature does not need to have const &, but the function must not modify the objects passed to it. The type Type must be such that an object of type InputIt can be dereferenced and then implicitly converted to Type. ​
Type requirements
- InputIt must meet the requirements of InputIterator.

Return value

number of elements satisfying the condition.

Complexity

exactly last - first comparisons / applications of the predicate

Notes

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

Possible implementation

First version
template<class InputIt, class T> typename iterator_traits<InputIt>::difference_type count(InputIt first, InputIt last, const T& value) { typename iterator_traits<InputIt>::difference_type ret = 0; for (; first != last; ++first) { if (*first == value) { ret++; } } return ret; }
Second version
template<class InputIt, class UnaryPredicate> typename iterator_traits<InputIt>::difference_type count_if(InputIt first, InputIt last, UnaryPredicate p) { typename iterator_traits<InputIt>::difference_type ret = 0; for (; first != last; ++first) { if (p(*first)) { ret++; } } return ret; }

Example

The following code uses count to determine how many integers in a std::vector match a target value.

Run this code

#include <algorithm>
#include <iostream>
#include <vector>
 
int main()
{
    int data[] = { 1, 2, 3, 4, 4, 3, 7, 8, 9, 10 };
    std::vector<int> v(data, data+10);
 
    int target1 = 3;
    int target2 = 5;
    int num_items1 = std::count(v.begin(), v.end(), target1);
    int num_items2 = std::count(v.begin(), v.end(), target2);
 
    std::cout << "number: " << target1 << " count: " << num_items1 << '\n';
    std::cout << "number: " << target2 << " count: " << num_items2 << '\n';
}

Output:

number: 3 count: 2
number: 5 count: 0

This example uses a lambda expression to count elements divisible by 3.

Run this code

#include <algorithm>
#include <iostream>
#include <vector>
 
int main()
{
    int data[] = { 1, 2, 3, 4, 4, 3, 7, 8, 9, 10 };
    std::vector<int> v(data, data+10);
 
    int num_items1 = std::count_if(v.begin(), v.end(), [](int i) {return i % 3 == 0;});
 
    std::cout << "number divisible by three: " << num_items1 << '\n';
}

Output:

number divisible by three: 3

See also

std::experimental::parallel::count (parallelism TS)	parallelized version of std::count (function template)
std::experimental::parallel::count_if (parallelism TS)	parallelized version of std::count_if (function template)