std::replace_copy, std::replace_copy_if - cppreference.com

Defined in header

<algorithm>

template<classInputIt,classOutputIt,classT>OutputItreplace_copy(InputItfirst,InputItlast,OutputItd_first,constT&old_value,constT&new_value); (1)(constexpr since C++20)template<classInputIt,classOutputIt,classUnaryPred,classT>OutputItreplace_copy_if(InputItfirst,InputItlast,OutputItd_first,UnaryPredp,constT&new_value); (2)(constexpr since C++20)
(until C++26)template<classInputIt,classOutputIt,classUnaryPred,classT=typenamestd::iterator_traits<OutputIt>::value_type>constexprOutputItreplace_copy_if(InputItfirst,InputItlast,OutputItd_first,UnaryPredp,constT&new_value);(since C++26)template<classExecutionPolicy,classForwardIt1,classForwardIt2,classT>ForwardIt2replace_copy(ExecutionPolicy&&policy,ForwardIt1first,ForwardIt1last,ForwardIt2d_first,constT&old_value,constT&new_value); (3) (since C++17)template<classExecutionPolicy,classForwardIt1,classForwardIt2,classUnaryPred,classT>ForwardIt2replace_copy_if(ExecutionPolicy&&policy,ForwardIt1first,ForwardIt1last,ForwardIt2d_first,UnaryPredp,constT&new_value); (4)(since C++17)
(until C++26)template<classExecutionPolicy,classForwardIt1,classForwardIt2,classUnaryPred,classT=typenamestd::iterator_traits<ForwardIt2>::value_type>ForwardIt2replace_copy_if(ExecutionPolicy&&policy,ForwardIt1first,ForwardIt1last,ForwardIt2d_first,UnaryPredp,constT&new_value);(since C++26)Copies the elements from the source range [first, last) to the destination range d_first, while replacing all elements satisfying specific criteria with new_value.

1)replace_copy replaces all elements that are equal to old_value (using operator==).

2)replace_copy_if replaces all elements for which predicate p returns true.

3,4) Same as (1,2), but executed according to policy.

These overloads participate in overload resolution only if the value of the following expression is true:

std::is_execution_policy_v<std::decay_t<ExecutionPolicy>>

(until C++20)std::is_execution_policy_v<std::remove_cvref_t<ExecutionPolicy>>

(since C++20)If any of the results of the expressions *first and new_value is not

writable

to d_first, the program is ill-formed.

If the source and destination ranges overlap, the behavior is undefined.

Parameters

first, last - the pair of iterators defining the source

range

d_first - the beginning of the destination range old_value - the value of elements to replace p - unary predicate which returns ​true if the element value should be replaced. The expression p(v) must be convertible to bool for every argument v of type (possibly const) VT, where VT is the value type of InputIt, regardless of

value category

, and must not modify v. Thus, a parameter type of VT&is not allowed, nor is VT unless for VT a move is equivalent to a copy(since C++11). ​

new_value - the value to use as replacement policy - the

execution policy

to use Type requirements -InputIt must meet the requirements of

LegacyInputIterator

. -OutputIt must meet the requirements of

LegacyOutputIterator

. -ForwardIt1, ForwardIt2 must meet the requirements of

LegacyForwardIterator

. Return value

The past-the-end iterator of the destination range.

Complexity

Given N as std::distance(first,last):

1) Exactly N comparisons using operator==.

2) Exactly N applications of the predicate p.

3)𝓞(N) comparisons using operator==.

4)𝓞(N) applications of the predicate p.

Exceptions

3,4) During the execution process:

If the temporary memory resources required for parallelization are not available,

std::bad_alloc

is thrown.

If an uncaught exception is thrown while accessing objects via an algorithm argument, the behavior is determined by the execution policy (for

standard policies

,

std::terminate

is invoked).

Notes

Feature-test

macroValueStdFeature

__cpp_lib_algorithm_default_value_type

202403

(C++26)

List-initialization

for algorithms (

3,4

)Possible implementation

replace_copy

template<classInputIt,classOutputIt,classT>OutputItreplace_copy(InputItfirst,InputItlast,OutputItd_first,constT&old_value,constT&new_value){for(;first!=last;++first)*d_first++=(*first==old_value)?new_value:*first;returnd_first;}

replace_copy_if

template<classInputIt,classOutputIt,classUnaryPred,classT=typenamestd::iterator_traits<ForwardIt>::value_type>OutputItreplace_copy_if(InputItfirst,InputItlast,OutputItd_first,UnaryPredp,constT&new_value){for(;first!=last;++first)*d_first++=p(*first)?new_value:*first;returnd_first;}Example

Run this code

#include<algorithm>#include<complex>#include<iostream>#include<vector>voidprintln(constauto&seq){for(constauto&e:seq)std::cout<<e<<' ';std::cout<<'\n';}intmain(){std::vector<short>src{3,1,4,1,5,9,2,6,5};println(src);std::vector<int>dst(src.size());std::replace_copy_if(src.cbegin(),src.cend(),dst.begin(),[](shortn){returnn>5;},0);println(dst);std::vector<std::complex<double>>src2{{1,3},{2,4},{3,5}},dst2(src2.size());println(src2);#ifdef __cpp_lib_algorithm_default_value_typestd::replace_copy_if(src2.cbegin(),src2.cend(),dst2.begin(),[](std::complex<double>z){returnstd::abs(z)<5;},{4,2});// Possible, since the T is deduced.#elsestd::replace_copy_if(src2.cbegin(),src2.cend(),dst2.begin(),[](std::complex<double>z){returnstd::abs(z)<5;},std::complex<double>{4,2});#endifprintln(dst2);}Output:

3 1 4 1 5 9 2 6 5 3 1 4 1 5 0 2 0 5 (1,3) (2,4) (3,5) (4,2) (4,2) (3,5) Defect reports

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

DR Applied to Behavior as published Correct behavior

LWG 283

C++98 T was required to be

CopyAssignable

(and

EqualityComparable

for
replace_copy), but the value type of InputIt is not always Tremoved the requirement

LWG 337

C++98 replace_copy_if only required InputIt to
meet the requirements of

LegacyIterator

[1]

corrected to

LegacyInputIterator

The actual defect in the C++ standard is that the template parameter InputIterator was misspecified as Iterator. This affects the type requirements because the C++ standard states that for the function templates in the algorithms library, the template type parameters whose name ends with Iterator imply the type requirements of the corresponding iterator categories.

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