std::accumulate

 

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Defined in header <numeric>
template< class InputIt, class T > T accumulate( InputIt first, InputIt last, T init );	(1)
template< class InputIt, class T, class BinaryOperation > T accumulate( InputIt first, InputIt last, T init,               BinaryOperation op );	(2)

Computes the sum of the given value init and the elements in the range [first, last). The first version uses operator+ to sum up the elements, the second version uses the given binary function op.

op must not have side effects.	(until C++11)
op must not invalidate any iterators, including the end iterators, or modify any elements of the range involved.	(since C++11)

Parameters

first, last	-	the range of elements to sum
init	-	initial value of the sum
op	-	binary operation function object that will be applied. The signature of the function should be equivalent to the following:  Ret fun(const Type1 &a, const Type2 &b); The signature does not need to have const &. The type Type1 must be such that an object of type T can be implicitly converted to Type1. The type Type2 must be such that an object of type InputIt can be dereferenced and then implicitly converted to Type2. The type Ret must be such that an object of type T can be assigned a value of type Ret. ​
Type requirements
- InputIt must meet the requirements of InputIterator.
- T must meet the requirements of CopyAssignable and CopyConstructible.

Return value

1) The sum of the given value and elements in the given range.

2) The result of left fold of the given range over op

Notes

Although std::accumulate performs left fold by default, right fold may be achieved by using reverse iterators, e.g. std::accumulate(v.rbegin(), v.rend(), init, binop)

Possible implementation

First version
template<class InputIt, class T> T accumulate(InputIt first, InputIt last, T init) { for (; first != last; ++first) { init = init + *first; } return init; }
Second version
template<class InputIt, class T, class BinaryOperation> T accumulate(InputIt first, InputIt last, T init, BinaryOperation op) { for (; first != last; ++first) { init = op(init, *first); } return init; }

Example

Run this code

#include <iostream>
#include <vector>
#include <numeric>
#include <string>
#include <functional>
 
int main()
{
    std::vector<int> v{1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10};
 
    int sum = std::accumulate(v.begin(), v.end(), 0);
 
    int product = std::accumulate(v.begin(), v.end(), 1, std::multiplies<int>());
 
    std::string s = std::accumulate(v.begin()+1, v.end(), std::to_string(v[0]),
                         [](const std::string& a, int b) {
                               return a + '-' + std::to_string(b);
                         });
 
    std::cout << "sum: " << sum << '\n'
              << "product: " << product << '\n'
              << "dash-separated string: " << s << '\n';
}

Output:

sum: 55
product: 3628800
dash-separated string: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10

See also

adjacent_difference	computes the differences between adjacent elements in a range (function template)
inner_product	computes the inner product of two ranges of elements (function template)
partial_sum	computes the partial sum of a range of elements (function template)
reduce (parallelism TS)	similar to std::accumulate, except out of order (function template)