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<H2>set_union()</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>A basic set operation (algorithm) for constructing a sorted union</P>
<A NAME="sec3"><H3>Synopsis</H3></A>

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

namespace std {
  template &lt;class InputIterator1, class InputIterator2,
            class OutputIterator&gt;
  OutputIterator
  set_union(InputIterator1 start1, InputIterator1 finish1,
            InputIterator2 start2, InputIterator2 finish2,
            OutputIterator result);

  template &lt;class InputIterator1, class InputIterator2,
            class OutputIterator, class Compare&gt;
  OutputIterator
  set_union(InputIterator1 start1, InputIterator1 finish1,
            InputIterator2 start2, InputIterator2 finish2,
            OutputIterator result, Compare comp);
}
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<A NAME="sec4"><H3>Description</H3></A>
<P>The <SAMP>set_union()</SAMP> algorithm constructs a sorted union of the elements from the two ranges. It returns the end of the constructed range. <SAMP>set_union()</SAMP> is stable, which means that if an element is present in both ranges, the one from the first range is copied. The result of <SAMP>set_union()</SAMP> is undefined if the result range overlaps with either of the original ranges. Note that <SAMP>set_union()</SAMP> does not merge the two sorted sequences. If an element is present in both sequences, only the element from the first sequence is copied to <SAMP>result</SAMP>. (Use the <SAMP><A HREF="merge.html">merge()</A></SAMP> algorithm to create an ordered merge of two sorted sequences that contains all the elements from both sequences.)</P>
<P><SAMP>set_union()</SAMP> assumes that the sequences are sorted using <SAMP>operator&lt;()</SAMP>, unless an alternative comparison function object (<SAMP>comp</SAMP>) is provided. </P>
<A NAME="sec5"><H3>Complexity</H3></A>
<P>At most <SAMP>((finish1 - start1) + (finish2 - start2)) * 2 -1</SAMP> comparisons are performed.</P>
<A NAME="sec6"><H3>Example</H3></A>

<UL><PRE>//
//  set_unin.cpp
//

#include &lt;algorithm&gt;
#include &lt;set&gt;
#include &lt;iostream&gt;

int main ()
{
    _USING (namespace std);

    typedef set&lt;int, less&lt;int&gt;,allocator&lt;int&gt; &gt; Set;

    // Initialize sets.

    int a1[] = {2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12};
    int a2[] = {3, 5, 7, 8};

    Set s1 (a1, a1 + sizeof a1 / sizeof *a1);
    Set s2 (a2, a2 + sizeof a2 / sizeof *a2);
    Set result;

    // Create an insert_iterator for result.

    insert_iterator&lt;Set&gt; res_ins (result, result.begin ());

    // Compute union of two sets.

    set_union (s2.begin (), s2.end (), 
               s1.begin (), s1.end (), res_ins);

    // Display result on standard output.

    typedef ostream_iterator&lt;int, char, char_traits&lt;char&gt; &gt;
            OSIter;

    cout &lt;&lt; "The result of:" &lt;&lt; endl &lt;&lt; "{ ";
    copy (s2.begin (),s2.end (), OSIter (cout," "));
    cout &lt;&lt; "} union { ";
    copy (s1.begin (),s1.end (), OSIter (cout," "));
    cout &lt;&lt; "} =" &lt;&lt; endl &lt;&lt; "{ ";
    copy (result.begin (),result.end (), OSIter (cout," "));
    cout &lt;&lt; "}" &lt;&lt; endl &lt;&lt; endl;

    return 0;
}


Program Output:
</PRE></UL>
<UL><PRE>The result of:
{ 3 5 7 8 } union { 2 4 6 8 10 12 } =
{ 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 12 }

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<A NAME="sec7"><H3>See Also</H3></A>
<P><SAMP><A HREF="includes.html">includes()</A></SAMP>, <A HREF="iterators.html">Iterators</A>, <SAMP><A HREF="set-intersection.html">set_intersection()</A></SAMP>, <SAMP><A HREF="set-difference.html">set_difference()</A></SAMP>, <SAMP><A HREF="set-symmetric-difference.html">set_symmetric_difference()</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 25.3.5.2</I></P>

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