Re: MSDN for_each sample
George wrote:
Hello everyone,
I do not know why in for_each sample of MSDN, operator double() is invoked.
Which statement triggers operator double()?
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/e5sk9w9k(VS.71).aspx
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#include <vector>
#include <algorithm>
#include <iostream>
// The function object to determine the average
class Average
{
private:
long num; // The number of elements
long sum; // The sum of the elements
public:
// Constructor initializes the value to multiply by
Average ( ) : num ( 0 ) , sum ( 0 )
{
}
// The function call to process the next elment
void operator ( ) ( int elem ) \
{
num++; // Increment the element count
sum += elem; // Add the value to the partial sum
}
// return Average
operator double ( )
{
return static_cast <double> (sum) /
static_cast <double> (num);
}
};
int main( )
{
using namespace std;
vector <int> v1;
vector <int>::iterator Iter1;
// Constructing vector v1
int i;
for ( i = -4 ; i <= 2 ; i++ )
{
v1.push_back( i );
}
// The local state of a function object can accumulate
// information about a sequence of actions that the
// return value can make available, here the Average
double avemod2 = for_each ( v1.begin ( ) , v1.end ( ) ,
Average ( ) );
cout << "The average of the elements of v1 is:\n Average ( v1mod2 ) = "
<< avemod2 << "." << endl;
}
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George:
std::for_each returns a copy of the (possibly modified) unary function
(third argument).
So the statement
double avemod2 = for_each ( v1.begin( ), v1.end( ), Average( ) );
requires conversion of Average to double.
--
David Wilkinson
Visual C++ MVP
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