unary_negate Class

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08/03/2021

A class template providing a member function that negates the return value of a specified unary function. Deprecated in C++17 in favor of not_fn.

Syntax

template <class Predicate>
class unary_negate
    : public unaryFunction<typename Predicate::argument_type, bool>
{
    explicit unary_negate(const Predicate& Func);
    bool operator()(const typename Predicate::argument_type& left) const;
};

Parameters

Func
The unary function to be negated.

left
The operand of the unary function to be negated.

Return Value

The negation of the unary function.

Remarks

The class template stores a copy of a unary function object _Func. It defines its member function operator() as returning !_Func(left).

The constructor of unary_negate is rarely used directly. The helper function not1 provides an easier way to declare and use the unary_negator adaptor predicate.

Example

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

using namespace std;

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

    int i;
    for (i = 0; i <= 7; i++)
    {
        v1.push_back(5 * i);
    }

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

    vector<int>::iterator::difference_type result1;
    // Count the elements greater than 10
    result1 = count_if(v1.begin(), v1.end(), bind2nd(greater<int>(), 10));
    cout << "The number of elements in v1 greater than 10 is: "
         << result1 << "." << endl;

    vector<int>::iterator::difference_type result2;
    // Use the negator to count the elements less than or equal to 10
    result2 = count_if(v1.begin(), v1.end(),
        unary_negate<binder2nd <greater<int> > >(bind2nd(greater<int>(),10)));

    // The following helper function not1 also works for the above line
    // not1(bind2nd(greater<int>(), 10)));

    cout << "The number of elements in v1 not greater than 10 is: "
         << result2 << "." << endl;
}

The vector v1 = ( 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 )
The number of elements in v1 greater than 10 is: 5.
The number of elements in v1 not greater than 10 is: 3.

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