std::transform() in C++ STL (Perform an operation on all elements)

22 Jun, 2021
Consider the problem of adding contents of two arrays into a third array. It is given that all arrays are of same size.Following is simple C++ program without transform(). 
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// A C++ code to add two arrays#include <bits/stdc++.h>using namespace std; int main(){  int arr1[] = {1, 2, 3};  int arr2[] = {4, 5, 6};  int n = sizeof(arr1)/sizeof(arr1[0]);  int res[n];   // Code to add two arrays  for (int i=0; i<n; i++)    res[i] = arr1[i] + arr2[i];   for (int i=0; i<3; i++)    cout << res[i] << " ";}
Output : 
5 7 9
Using transform function of STL, we can add arrays in single line.  
C
// Using transform() in STL to add two arrays#include <bits/stdc++.h>using namespace std; int main(){  int arr1[] = {1, 2, 3};  int arr2[] = {4, 5, 6};  int n = sizeof(arr1)/sizeof(arr1[0]);  int res[n];   // Single line code to add arr1[] and arr2[] and  // store result in res[]  transform(arr1, arr1+n, arr2, res, plus<int>());   for (int i=0; i<n; i++)    cout << res[i] << " ";}
Output : 
5 7 9
transform() in C++ is used in two forms:  
Unary Operation : Applies a unary operator on input to convert into output 
Unary Operation : Applies a unary operator on input to convert into output 
transform(Iterator inputBegin, Iterator inputEnd, 
         Iterator OutputBegin, unary_operation) 
Following is C++ example. 
Following is C++ example. 
C
// C++ program to demonstrate working of// transform with unary operator.#include <bits/stdc++.h>using namespace std; int increment(int x) {  return (x+1); } int main(){    int arr[] = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5};    int n = sizeof(arr)/sizeof(arr[0]);     // Apply increment to all elements of    // arr[] and store the modified elements    // back in arr[]    transform(arr, arr+n, arr, increment);     for (int i=0; i<n; i++)        cout << arr[i] << " ";     return 0;}
Output : 
Output : 
2 3 4 5 6 
 Binary Operation : Applies a binary operator on input to convert into output 
 
Binary Operation : Applies a binary operator on input to convert into output 
transform(Iterator inputBegin1, Iterator inputEnd1, 
         Iterator inputBegin2, Iterator OutputBegin, 
         binary_operation) 
The example mentioned above for adding two arrays is an example of transform with binary operation.  
The example mentioned above for adding two arrays is an example of transform with binary operation.  
More examples: We can use transform to convert a string to upper case (See this) We can modify above examples for vectors also. 
    
    // vect is a vector of integers.
    transform(vect.begin(), vect.end(), 
              vect.begin(), increment); 
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