std::count, std::count_if

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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.

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[edit] 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.

[edit] Return value

number of elements satisfying the condition.

[edit] Complexity

exactly last - first comparisons / applications of the predicate

[edit] 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;
}

[edit] Example

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

#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.

#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