bind1st Function

A helper template function that creates an adaptor to convert a binary function object into a unary function object by binding the first argument of the binary function to a specified value.

template<class Operation, class Type> 
   binder1st <Operation> bind1st( 
      const Operation& _Func,  
      const Type& _Left 
   );

Parameters

• _Func
  The binary function object to be converted to a unary function object.

• _Left
  The value to which the first argument of the binary function object is to be bound.

Return Value

The unary function object that results from binding the first argument of the binary function object to the value _Left.

Remarks

Function binders are a kind of function adaptor and, because they return function objects, can be used in certain types of function composition to construct more complicated and powerful expressions.

If _Func is an object of type Operation and c is a constant, then bind1st (_Func, c) is equivalent to the binder1st class constructor binder1st<Operation> (_Func, c) and is more convenient.

Example

// functional_bind1st.cpp
// compile with: /EHsc
#include <vector>
#include <functional>
#include <algorithm>
#include <iostream>

using namespace std;

// Creation of a user-defined function object
// that inherits from the unary_function base class
class greaterthan5: unary_function<int, bool>
{
public:
    result_type operator()(argument_type i)
    {
        return (result_type)(i > 5);
    }
};

int main()
{
    vector<int> v1;
    vector<int>::iterator Iter;

    int i;
    for (i = 0; i <= 5; i++)
    {
        v1.push_back(5 * i);
    }

    cout << "The vector v1 = ( " ;
    for (Iter = v1.begin(); Iter != v1.end(); Iter++)
        cout << *Iter << " ";
    cout << ")" << endl;

    // Count the number of integers > 10 in the vector
    vector<int>::iterator::difference_type result1a;
    result1a = count_if(v1.begin(), v1.end(), bind1st(less<int>(), 10));
    cout << "The number of elements in v1 greater than 10 is: "
         << result1a << "." << endl;

    // Compare: counting the number of integers > 5 in the vector
    // with a user defined function object
    vector<int>::iterator::difference_type result1b;
    result1b = count_if(v1.begin(), v1.end(), greaterthan5());
    cout << "The number of elements in v1 greater than 5 is: "
         << result1b << "." << endl;

    // Count the number of integers < 10 in the vector
    vector<int>::iterator::difference_type result2;
    result2 = count_if(v1.begin(), v1.end(), bind2nd(less<int>(), 10));
    cout << "The number of elements in v1 less than 10 is: "
         << result2 << "." << endl;
}

The vector v1 = ( 0 5 10 15 20 25 )
The number of elements in v1 greater than 10 is: 3.
The number of elements in v1 greater than 5 is: 4.
The number of elements in v1 less than 10 is: 2.

Requirements

Header: <functional>

Namespace: std

See Also

Reference

Standard Template Library