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<H2>lower_bound()</H2>
<P><B>Library:</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;<A HREF="2-9.html">Algorithms</A></P>

<PRE><HR><B><I>Function</I></B><HR></PRE>

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<LI><A HREF="#sec1">Local Index</A></LI>
<LI><A HREF="#sec2">Summary</A></LI>
<LI><A HREF="#sec3">Synopsis</A></LI>
<LI><A HREF="#sec4">Description</A></LI>
<LI><A HREF="#sec5">Complexity</A></LI>
<LI><A HREF="#sec6">Example</A></LI>
<LI><A HREF="#sec7">See Also</A></LI>
<LI><A HREF="#sec8">Standards Conformance</A></LI>
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<A NAME="sec1"><H3>Local Index</H3></A>
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<A NAME="sec2"><H3>Summary</H3></A>
<P>Algorithm that determines the first valid position for an element in a sorted container</P>
<A NAME="sec3"><H3>Synopsis</H3></A>

<PRE>#include &lt;algorithm&gt;

namespace std {
  template &lt;class ForwardIterator, class T&gt;
  ForwardIterator lower_bound(ForwardIterator start,
                              ForwardIterator finish,
                              const T&amp; value);

 template &lt;class ForwardIterator, class T, class Compare&gt;
 ForwardIterator lower_bound(ForwardIterator start,
                             ForwardIterator finish,
                             const T&amp; value,
                             Compare comp);
}
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<A NAME="sec4"><H3>Description</H3></A>
<P>The <SAMP>lower_bound()</SAMP> algorithm compares a supplied <SAMP>value</SAMP> to elements in a sorted sequence and returns the first position in the container at which  <SAMP>value</SAMP> can be inserted without violating the container's ordering. There are two versions of the algorithm. The first uses <SAMP>operator&lt;()</SAMP> to perform the comparison, and assumes that the sequence has been sorted using that operator. The second version lets you include a function object of type <SAMP>Compare</SAMP>, and assumes that <SAMP>comp</SAMP> is the function used to sort the sequence. The function object must be a binary predicate. </P>
<P>The return value of <SAMP>lower_bound()</SAMP> is the iterator for the first element in the container that is<I> greater than or equal to</I> <SAMP>value</SAMP>, or, when the comparison operator is used, the first element that does not satisfy the comparison function. Formally, the algorithm returns an iterator <SAMP>i</SAMP> in the range <SAMP>[start, finish)</SAMP> such that for any iterator <SAMP>j</SAMP> in the range <SAMP>[start, i)</SAMP> the following corresponding conditions hold: </P>
<P><SAMP>*j  &lt;  value</SAMP></P>
<P>or</P>
<P><SAMP>comp(*j, value) == true</SAMP></P>
<A NAME="sec5"><H3>Complexity</H3></A>
<P><SAMP>lower_bound()</SAMP> performs at most <SAMP>log(finish - start) + 1</SAMP> comparisons.</P>
<A NAME="sec6"><H3>Example</H3></A>

<UL><PRE>//
//  ul_bound.cpp
//

#include &lt;vector&gt;
#include &lt;algorithm&gt;
#include &lt;functional&gt;
#include &lt;iostream&gt;

int main ()
{
    typedef std::vector&lt;int, std::allocator&lt;int&gt; &gt; Vector;
    typedef Vector::const_iterator                 Iterator;

    const int a[] = { 0, 1, 2, 2, 3, 4, 5, 5, 5, 6, 7 };

    // Set up a vector.
    const Vector v (a, a + sizeof a / sizeof *a);

    // Try lower_bound variants.
    Iterator it1 = std::lower_bound (v.begin (),v.end (), 3);
    Iterator it2 = std::lower_bound (v.begin (),v.end (), 2,
                                     std::less&lt;int&gt;());

    // Try upper_bound variants.
    Iterator it3 = std::upper_bound (v.begin (), v.end (), 3);
    Iterator it4 = std::upper_bound (v.begin (), v.end (), 2,
                                     std::less&lt;int&gt;());

    std::cout &lt;&lt; "\n\nThe upper and lower bounds of 3: ( "
              &lt;&lt; *it1 &lt;&lt; " , " &lt;&lt; *it3
              &lt;&lt; " ]\n\n\nThe upper and lower bounds of 2: ( "
              &lt;&lt; *it2 &lt;&lt; " , " &lt;&lt; *it4 &lt;&lt; " ]\n";

    return 0;
}


Program Output:
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The upper and lower bounds of 3: ( 3 , 4 ]


The upper and lower bounds of 2: ( 2 , 3 ]
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<A NAME="sec7"><H3>See Also</H3></A>
<P><SAMP><A HREF="upper-bound.html">upper_bound()</A></SAMP>, <SAMP><A HREF="equal-range.html">equal_range()</A></SAMP></P>
<A NAME="sec8"><H3>Standards Conformance</H3></A>
<P><I>ISO/IEC 14882:1998 -- International Standard for Information Systems -- Programming Language C++, Section 25.3.3.1</I></P>

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