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<H2>ptr_fun()</H2>
<P><B>Library:</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;<A HREF="2-4.html">General utilities</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">Example</A></LI>
<LI><A HREF="#sec6">See Also</A></LI>
<LI><A HREF="#sec7">Standards Conformance</A></LI>
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<A NAME="sec2"><H3>Summary</H3></A>
<P>A function adaptor that creates a function object from a pointer to a function </P>
<A NAME="sec3"><H3>Synopsis</H3></A>

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

namespace std {
  template&lt;class Arg, class Result&gt;
  pointer_to_unary_function&lt;Arg, Result&gt;
  ptr_fun(Result (*f)(Arg));

  template&lt;class Arg1, class Arg2, class Result&gt;
  pointer_to_binary_function&lt;Arg1, Arg2, Result&gt;
  ptr_fun(Result (*x)(Arg1, Arg2));
}
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<A NAME="sec4"><H3>Description</H3></A>
<P>The <B><I><A HREF="pointer-to-unary-function.html">pointer_to_unary_function</A></I></B> and <B><I><A HREF="pointer-to-binary-function.html">pointer_to_binary_function</A></I></B> classes encapsulate pointers to functions, and use <SAMP>operator()</SAMP> so that the resulting object serves as a function object for the function.</P>
<P>The <SAMP>ptr_fun()</SAMP> function is overloaded to create instances of <B><I><A HREF="pointer-to-unary-function.html">pointer_to_unary_function</A></I></B> or <B><I><A HREF="pointer-to-binary-function.html">pointer_to_binary_function</A></I></B> when included with the appropriate pointer to a function. </P>
<A NAME="sec5"><H3>Example</H3></A>

<UL><PRE>//
//  pnt2fnct.cpp
//

#include &lt;algorithm&gt;    // for copy, transform
#include &lt;functional&gt;   // for ptr_fun
#include &lt;iostream&gt;     // cout, endl
#include &lt;iterator&gt;     // for ostream_iterator
#include &lt;deque&gt;        // for deque
#include &lt;vector&gt;       // for vector


int factorial (int x)
{
    return x &gt; 1 ? x * factorial (x - 1) : x;
}


int main ()
{
    typedef std::deque&lt;int, std::allocator&lt;int&gt; &gt;  Deque;
    typedef std::vector&lt;int, std::allocator&lt;int&gt; &gt; Vector;
    typedef std::ostream_iterator&lt;int, char, 
                                  std::char_traits&lt;char&gt; &gt;
            Iter;

    // Initialize a deque with an array of integers.
    const Deque::value_type a[] = { 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 };
    Deque d (a + 0, a + sizeof a / sizeof *a);

    // Create an empty vector to store the factorials.
    Vector v (Vector::size_type (7));

    // Compute factorials of the contents of 'd' and 
    // store results in 'v'.
    std::transform (d.begin (), d.end (), v.begin (),
                    std::ptr_fun (factorial));

    // Print the results.
    std::cout &lt;&lt; "The following numbers: \n     ";
    std::copy (d.begin (), d.end (), Iter (std::cout," "));

    std::cout &lt;&lt; "\n\nHave the factorials: \n     ";
    std::copy (v.begin (), v.end (), Iter (std::cout, " "));
    std::cout &lt;&lt; std::endl;

    return 0;
}


Program Output:
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<UL><PRE>The following numbers: 
     1 2 3 4 5 6 7 

Have the factorials: 
     1 2 6 24 120 720 5040 
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<A NAME="sec6"><H3>See Also</H3></A>
<P><A HREF="functionobjects.html">Function Objects</A>, <B><I><A HREF="pointer-to-binary-function.html">pointer_to_binary_function</A></I></B>, <B><I><A HREF="pointer-to-unary-function.html">pointer_to_unary_function</A></I></B>, <B><I><A HREF="mem-fun.html">mem_fun</A></I></B></P>
<A NAME="sec7"><H3>Standards Conformance</H3></A>
<P><I>ISO/IEC 14882:1998 -- International Standard for Information Systems -- Programming Language C++, Section 20.3.7</I></P>

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