How do I use for_each to output to cout?

Question

Is there a more straight-forward way to do this?

for_each(v_Numbers.begin(), v_Numbers.end(), bind1st(operator<<, cout));

Without an explicit for loop, if possible.

EDIT:

How to do this for std::cin with a std::vector if possible? (How to read n elements only)?

Answer 1

You could achieve this using std::copy into a std::ostream_iterator:

std::vector<int> v_Numbers; // suppose this is the type
// put numbers in
std::copy(v_Numbers.begin(), v_Numbers.end(),
          std::ostream_iterator<int>(cout));

It would be even nicer if you add some suffix:

std::copy(v_Numbers.begin(), v_Numbers.end(),
          std::ostream_iterator<int>(cout, "\n"));

This assumes that your container is a vector<int>, so you will have to replace that part with the appropriate type.

Edit regarding reading input:

Conversely, you can copy from a range of std::istream_iterator into a vector using std::back_inserter:

std::vector<int> v_Numbers;
std::copy(std::istream_iterator<int>(cin), std::istream_iterator<int>(),
          std::back_inserter(v_Numbers));

If you want to read n elements only, look at this question.

Answer 2

Another option — Boost.Lambda.

for_each(v.begin(), v.end(), cout << boost::lambda::_1);

Answer 3

Yep, but you must use std::copy algorithm:

#include <iostream>
#include <iterator>
#include <vector>

int main()
{
    std::vector<int> a;
    // fill a...
    std::copy(a.begin(), a.end(), std::ostream_iterator<int>(std::cout));
}

Answer 4

yup, using lambda expression (C++ 11) we can inline printing of each element of a STL container to cout.

#include <iostream>   // cout
#include <vector>     // vector
#include <algorithm>  // for_each
#include <iterator>   // istream_iterator
using namespace std;

int main()
{
   std::vector<int> v(10,2);
   std::for_each(v.begin(), v.end(), [](int i)->void {std::cout << i <<endl;});
   return 0;
}

For reading "n" values from cin to vector,

 int main()
 {
   std::vector<int> v;

   int elementsToRead;
   cin>>elementsToRead;  // Number of elements to copy

   // Reading from istream
   std::istream_iterator<int> ii2(std::cin);
   std::copy_n(ii2, elementsToRead, std::back_inserter(v));

   // printing updated vector
   std::for_each(v.begin(), v.end(), [](int i)->void {cout << i <<endl;});

   return 0;
}

(or) by using Lambda expression

std::for_each(std::istream_iterator<int>(cin),std::istream_iterator<int>(),[&v](int i)->void { v.push_back(i);});

To know more about Lambda expression @ What is a lambda expression in C++11?

Answer 5

Not always appropriate in corporate code, but for the sake of enumerating options - if you really find other for_each / std::copy etc. solutions too verbose, you could write:

std::ostream& operator(std::ostream& os, const std::vector<My_Type>& v)
{
     // pick one of the other implementations for here...
    std::copy(std::istream_iterator<My_Type>(os), std::istream_iterator<My_Type>(),   
          std::back_inserter(v_Numbers));   
}

It's much nicer if you're well-mannered (;-p) enough to only overload your specific instantiation of vector (which requires My_Type be more than a typedef to say int, though it's not hard to create a templated class to create new types wrapping an arbitrary type). Otherwise, if someone else does the same elsewhere in your translation unit, the streaming could become ambiguous.