std::remove_copy, std::remove_copy_if

 

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copycopy_if (C++11) copy_n (C++11) copy_backward move (C++11) move_backward (C++11) fill fill_n transform generate generate_n removeremove_if remove_copyremove_copy_if	replacereplace_if replace_copyreplace_copy_if swap swap_ranges iter_swap reverse reverse_copy rotate rotate_copy random_shuffleshuffle (until C++17)(C++11) unique unique_copy
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is_partitioned (C++11) partition partition_copy (C++11)	stable_partition partition_point (C++11)
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is_sorted (C++11) is_sorted_until (C++11) sort	partial_sort partial_sort_copy stable_sort nth_element
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Defined in header <algorithm>
template< class InputIt, class OutputIt, class T > OutputIt remove_copy( InputIt first, InputIt last, OutputIt d_first,                       const T& value );	(1)
template< class InputIt, class OutputIt, class UnaryPredicate > OutputIt remove_copy_if( InputIt first, InputIt last, OutputIt d_first,                          UnaryPredicate p );	(2)

Copies elements from the range [first, last), to another range beginning at d_first, omitting the elements which satisfy specific criteria. The first version ignores the elements that are equal to value, the second version ignores the elements for which predicate p returns true. Source and destination ranges cannot overlap.

Parameters

first, last	-	the range of elements to copy
d_first	-	the beginning of the destination range.
value	-	the value of the elements not to copy
Type requirements
- InputIt must meet the requirements of InputIterator.
- OutputIt must meet the requirements of OutputIterator.
- UnaryPredicate must meet the requirements of Predicate.

Return value

Iterator to the element past the last element copied.

Complexity

Exactly last - first applications of the predicate.

Possible implementation

First version
template<class InputIt, class OutputIt, class T> OutputIt remove_copy(InputIt first, InputIt last, OutputIt d_first, const T& value) { for (; first != last; ++first) { if (!(*first == value)) { *d_first++ = *first; } } return d_first; }
Second version
template<class InputIt, class OutputIt, class UnaryPredicate> OutputIt remove_copy_if(InputIt first, InputIt last, OutputIt d_first, UnaryPredicate p) { for (; first != last; ++first) { if (!p(*first)) { *d_first++ = *first; } } return d_first; }

Example

The following code outputs a string while erasing the spaces on the fly.

Run this code

#include <algorithm>
#include <iterator>
#include <string>
#include <iostream>
int main()
{
    std::string str = "Text with some   spaces";
    std::cout << "before: " << str << "\n";
 
    std::cout << "after:  ";
    std::remove_copy(str.begin(), str.end(),
                     std::ostream_iterator<char>(std::cout), ' ');
    std::cout << '\n';
}

Output:

before: Text with some   spaces
after:  Textwithsomespaces

See also

removeremove_if	removes elements satisfying specific criteria (function template)
copycopy_if (C++11)	copies a range of elements to a new location (function template)
std::experimental::parallel::remove_copy (parallelism TS)	parallelized version of std::remove_copy (function template)
std::experimental::parallel::remove_copy_if (parallelism TS)	parallelized version of std::remove_copy_if (function template)