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<H2>13.8 The for_each() Algorithm</H2>
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<P>The algorithm <SAMP>std::for_each()</SAMP> applies a function to all elements in a collection. This algorithm takes three arguments: the first two provide the <B><I><A HREF="../stdlibref/iterator.html">iterator</A></I></B>s that describe the sequence to be evaluated, and the third is a one-argument function. The algorithm <SAMP>std::for_each()</SAMP> applies the function to each value of the sequence, passing the value as an argument:</P>

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namespace std {
  Function for_each(InputIterator first, 
                    InputIterator last, Function);
}
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<P>For example, the following code fragment, which uses the <SAMP>print_if_leap()</SAMP> function, prints a list of the leap years that occur between 1900 and 1997: </P>

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std::cout &lt;&lt; "leap years between 1990 and 1997 are: ";
std::for_each(1990, 1997, print_if_leap);
std::cout &lt;&lt; std::endl;
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<P>The argument function is guaranteed to be invoked only once for each element in the sequence. The <SAMP>std::for_each()</SAMP> algorithm itself returns the value of the third argument, although this is usually ignored.</P>
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NOTE -- The function passed as the third argument is not permitted to make any modifications to the sequence, so it can only achieve a result by means of a side effect, such as printing, assigning a value to a global or static variable, or invoking another function that produces a side effect. If the argument function returns any result, it is ignored.
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<P>The following example searches an array of <SAMP>int</SAMP> values representing dates, to determine which vintage wine years were also leap years:</P>

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int vintageYears[] = {1947, 1955, 1960, 1967, 1994};
...

std::cout &lt;&lt; "vintage years which were also leap years are: ";
std::for_each(vintageYears, vintageYears + 5, print_if_leap);
std::cout &lt;&lt; std::endl;
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<P>Side effects need not be restricted to printing. Assume we have a function <SAMP>countCaps()</SAMP> that counts the occurrence of capital letters:</P>

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int capCount = 0;

void countCaps(char c)  { if (std::isupper(c)) capCount++; }
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<P>The following example counts the number of capital letters in a string value:</P>

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std::string advice = "Never Trust Anybody Over 30!";
std::for_each(advice.begin(), advice.end(),countCaps);
std::cout &lt;&lt; "upper-case letter count is "
          &lt;&lt; capCount &lt;&lt; std::endl;
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