std::find, std::find_if, std::find_if_not

Defined in header `<algorithm>`
template< class InputIt, class T > InputIt find( InputIt first, InputIt last, const T& value );	(1)
template< class ExecutionPolicy, class ForwardIt, class T > ForwardIt find( ExecutionPolicy&& policy, ForwardIt first, ForwardIt last, const T& value );	(2)	(since C++17)
template< class InputIt, class UnaryPredicate > InputIt find_if( InputIt first, InputIt last, UnaryPredicate p );	(3)
template< class ExecutionPolicy, class ForwardIt, class UnaryPredicate > ForwardIt find_if( ExecutionPolicy&& policy, ForwardIt first, ForwardIt last, UnaryPredicate p );	(4)	(since C++17)
template< class InputIt, class UnaryPredicate > InputIt find_if_not( InputIt first, InputIt last, UnaryPredicate q );	(5)	(since C++11)
template< class ExecutionPolicy, class ForwardIt, class UnaryPredicate > ForwardIt find_if_not( ExecutionPolicy&& policy, ForwardIt first, ForwardIt last, UnaryPredicate q );	(6)	(since C++17)

Returns the first element in the range [first, last) that satisfies specific criteria:

1) find searches for an element equal to value

3) find_if searches for an element for which predicate p returns true

5) find_if_not searches for an element for which predicate q returns false

2,4,6) Same as (1,3,5), but executed according to policy. This overload only participates in overload resolution if std::is_execution_policy_v<std::decay_t<ExecutionPolicy>> is true

Parameters

first, last	-	the range of elements to examine
value	-	value to compare the elements to
policy	-	the execution policy to use. See execution policy for details.
p	-	unary predicate which returns true for the required element. The signature of the predicate function should be equivalent to the following: bool pred(const Type &a); The signature does not need to have const &, but the function must not modify the objects passed to it. The type Type must be such that an object of type InputIt can be dereferenced and then implicitly converted to Type.
q	-	unary predicate which returns false for the required element. The signature of the predicate function should be equivalent to the following: bool pred(const Type &a); The signature does not need to have const &, but the function must not modify the objects passed to it. The type Type must be such that an object of type InputIt can be dereferenced and then implicitly converted to Type.
Type requirements
- `InputIt` must meet the requirements of `InputIterator`.
- `ForwardIt` must meet the requirements of `ForwardIterator`.
- `UnaryPredicate` must meet the requirements of `Predicate`.

Return value

Iterator to the first element satisfying the condition or last if no such element is found.

Complexity

At most last - first applications of the predicate

Exceptions

The overloads with a template parameter named ExecutionPolicy report errors as follows:

If execution of a function invoked as part of the algorithm throws an exception and ExecutionPolicy is one of the three standard policies, std::terminate is called. For any other ExecutionPolicy, the behavior is implementation-defined.
If the algorithm fails to allocate memory, std::bad_alloc is thrown.

Possible implementation

First version
template<class InputIt, class T> InputIt find(InputIt first, InputIt last, const T& value) { for (; first != last; ++first) { if (*first == value) { return first; } } return last; }
Second version
template<class InputIt, class UnaryPredicate> InputIt find_if(InputIt first, InputIt last, UnaryPredicate p) { for (; first != last; ++first) { if (p(*first)) { return first; } } return last; }
Third version
template<class InputIt, class UnaryPredicate> InputIt find_if_not(InputIt first, InputIt last, UnaryPredicate q) { for (; first != last; ++first) { if (!q(*first)) { return first; } } return last; }

If you do not have C++11, an equivalent to std::find_if_not is to use std::find_if with the negated predicate.

template<class InputIt, class UnaryPredicate>
InputIt find_if_not(InputIt first, InputIt last, UnaryPredicate q)
{
    return std::find_if(first, last, std::not1(q));
}

Example

The following example finds an integer in a vector of integers.

Run this code

#include <iostream>
#include <algorithm>
#include <vector>
#include <iterator>
 
int main()
{
    int n1 = 3;
    int n2 = 5;
 
    std::vector<int> v{0, 1, 2, 3, 4};
 
    auto result1 = std::find(std::begin(v), std::end(v), n1);
    auto result2 = std::find(std::begin(v), std::end(v), n2);
 
    if (result1 != std::end(v)) {
        std::cout << "v contains: " << n1 << '\n';
    } else {
        std::cout << "v does not contain: " << n1 << '\n';
    }
 
    if (result2 != std::end(v)) {
        std::cout << "v contains: " << n2 << '\n';
    } else {
        std::cout << "v does not contain: " << n2 << '\n';
    }
}

Output:

v contains: 3
v does not contain: 5

Language
Standard library headers
Concepts
Utilities library
Strings library
Containers library
Algorithms library
Iterators library
Numerics library
Input/output library
Localizations library
Regular expressions library (C++11)
Atomic operations library (C++11)
Thread support library (C++11)
Filesystem library (C++17)
Technical Specifications

adjacent_find	finds the first two adjacent items that are equal (or satisfy a given predicate) (function template)
find_end	finds the last sequence of elements in a certain range (function template)
find_first_of	searches for any one of a set of elements (function template)
mismatch	finds the first position where two ranges differ (function template)
search	searches for a range of elements (function template)