std::partition_point

template< class ForwardIt, class UnaryPredicate >
ForwardIt partition_point( ForwardIt first, ForwardIt last, UnaryPredicate p );

template< class ForwardIt, class UnaryPredicate >
constexpr ForwardIt partition_point( ForwardIt first, ForwardIt last, UnaryPredicate p );

Examines the partitioned (as if by std::partition) range [first, last) and locates the end of the first partition, that is, the first element that does not satisfy p or last if all elements satisfy p.

Parameters

Return value

The iterator past the end of the first partition within [first, last) or last if all elements satisfy p.

Complexity

Given N = std::distance(first, last), performs O(log N) applications of the predicate p.

However, for non-LegacyRandomAccessIterators, the number of iterator increments is O(N).

Notes

This algorithm is a more general form of std::lower_bound, which can be expressed in terms of std::partition_point with the predicate [&](auto const& e) { return e < value; });.

Example

#include <algorithm>
#include <array>
#include <iostream>
#include <iterator>
 
int main()
{
    std::array<int, 9> v = { 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 };
 
    auto is_even = [](int i){ return i % 2 == 0; };
    std::partition(v.begin(), v.end(), is_even);
 
    auto p = std::partition_point(v.begin(), v.end(), is_even);
 
    std::cout << "Before partition:\n    ";
    std::copy(v.begin(), p, std::ostream_iterator<int>(std::cout, " "));
    std::cout << "\nAfter partition:\n    ";
    std::copy(p, v.end(), std::ostream_iterator<int>(std::cout, " "));
}

Before partition:
    8 2 6 4 
After partition:
    5 3 7 1 9

See also