std::ranges::for_each_n, std::ranges::for_each_n_result

Defined in header `<algorithm>`
Call signature
template< std::input_iterator I, class Proj = identity, std::indirectly_unary_invocable<std::projected<I, Proj>> Fun > constexpr for_each_n_result<I, Fun> for_each_n( I first, std::iter_difference_t<I> n, Fun f, Proj proj = {});	(1)	(since C++20)
Helper types
template< class I, class F > using for_each_n_result = ranges::in_fun_result<I, F>;	(2)	(since C++20)

1) Applies the given function object f to the projected result by proj of dereferencing each iterator in the range [first, first + n), in order.

If the iterator type is mutable, f may modify the elements of the range through the dereferenced iterator. If f returns a result, the result is ignored. If n is less than zero, the behavior is undefined. The function-like entities described on this page are niebloids, that is:

Explicit template argument lists may not be specified when calling any of them.
None of them is visible to argument-dependent lookup.
When one of them is found by normal unqualified lookup for the name to the left of the function-call operator, it inhibits argument-dependent lookup.

In practice, they may be implemented as function objects, or with special compiler extensions.

Parameters

first	-	iterator denoting the begin of the range to apply the function to
n	-	the number of elements to apply the function to
f	-	the function to apply to the projected range `[first, first + n)`
proj	-	projection to apply to the elements

Return value

An object {first + n, std::move(f)}, where first + n may be evaluated as std::ranges::next(std::move(first), n) depending on iterator category.

Complexity

Exactly n applications of f and proj.

Notes

The overload in namespace::ranges requires Fun to model copy_constructible.

Possible implementation

struct for_each_n_fn {
  template<std::input_iterator I, class Proj = std::identity,
           std::indirectly_unary_invocable<std::projected<I, Proj>> Fun>
    constexpr for_each_n_result<I, Fun>
      operator()(I first, std::iter_difference_t<I> n, Fun fun, Proj proj = Proj{}) const
      {
        for (; n-- > 0; ++first) {
          std::invoke(fun, std::invoke(proj, *first));
        }
        return {std::move(first), std::move(fun)};
      }
};
 
inline constexpr for_each_n_fn for_each_n{};

Example

Run this code

#include <algorithm>
#include <array>
#include <iostream>
#include <ranges>
#include <string_view>
 
struct P {
    int first; char second;
    friend std::ostream& operator<< (std::ostream& os, const P& p) {
        return os << '{' << p.first << ",'" << p.second << "'}";
    }
};
 
auto print = [](std::string_view name, auto const& v) {
    std::cout << name << ": ";
    for (auto n = v.size(); const auto& e: v) {
        std::cout << e << (--n ? ", " : "\n");
    }
};
 
int main()
{
    std::array a{1, 2, 3, 4, 5};
    print("a", a);
    // Negate first three numbers:
    std::ranges::for_each_n(a.begin(), 3, [](auto& n) { n *= -1; });
    print("a", a);
 
    std::array s{ P{1,'a'}, P{2, 'b'}, P{3, 'c'}, P{4, 'd'} };
    print("s", s);
    // Negate data members 'pair::first' using projection:
    std::ranges::for_each_n(s.begin(), 2, [](auto& x) { x *= -1; }, &P::first);
    print("s", s);
    // Capitalize data members 'pair::second' using projection:
    std::ranges::for_each_n(s.begin(), 3, [](auto& c) { c -= 'a'-'A'; }, &P::second);
    print("s", s);
}

Output:

a: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
a: -1, -2, -3, 4, 5
s: {1,'a'}, {2,'b'}, {3,'c'}, {4,'d'}
s: {-1,'a'}, {-2,'b'}, {3,'c'}, {4,'d'}
s: {-1,'A'}, {-2,'B'}, {3,'C'}, {4,'d'}

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External libraries

range-`for` loop(C++11)	executes loop over range
ranges::for_each (C++20)	applies a function to a range of elements (niebloid)
for_each_n (C++17)	applies a function object to the first n elements of a sequence (function template)
for_each	applies a function to a range of elements (function template)