std::ranges::equal

template< std::input_iterator I1, std::sentinel_for<I1> S1,
          std::input_iterator I2, std::sentinel_for<I2> S2,
          class Pred = ranges::equal_to,
          class Proj1 = std::identity, class Proj2 = std::identity >
requires std::indirectly_comparable<I1, I2, Pred, Proj1, Proj2>
constexpr bool equal( I1 first1, S1 last1, I2 first2, S2 last2,
                      Pred pred = {}, Proj1 proj1 = {}, Proj2 proj2 = {} );

template< ranges::input_range R1, ranges::input_range R2,
          class Pred = ranges::equal_to,
          class Proj1 = std::identity, class Proj2 = std::identity >
requires std::indirectly_comparable<ranges::iterator_t<R1>, ranges::iterator_t<R2>,
                                    Pred, Proj1, Proj2>
constexpr bool equal( R1&& r1, R2&& r2, Pred pred = {},
                      Proj1 proj1 = {}, Proj2 proj2 = {} );

Two ranges are considered equal if they have the same number of elements and every pair of corresponding projected elements satisfies pred. That is, std::invoke(pred, std::invoke(proj1, *first1), std::invoke(proj2, *first2)) returns true for all pairs of corresponding elements in both ranges.

The function-like entities described on this page are niebloids, that is:

• Explicit template argument lists cannot be specified when calling any of them.
• None of them are visible to argument-dependent lookup.
• When any of them are found by normal unqualified lookup as the name to the left of the function-call operator, argument-dependent lookup is inhibited.

In practice, they may be implemented as function objects, or with special compiler extensions.

Parameters

Return value

If the length of the range [first1, last1) does not equal the length of the range [first2, last2), returns false.

If the elements in the two ranges are equal after projection, returns true.

Otherwise returns false.

Notes

ranges::equal should not be used to compare the ranges formed by the iterators from std::unordered_set, std::unordered_multiset, std::unordered_map, or std::unordered_multimap because the order in which the elements are stored in those containers may be different even if the two containers store the same elements.

When comparing entire containers for equality, operator== for the corresponding container are usually preferred.

Complexity

At most min(last1 - first1, last2 - first2) applications of the predicate and corresponding projections.

However, if S1 and S2 both model std::sized_sentinel_for their respective iterators, and last1 - first1 != last2 - first2 then no applications of the predicate are made (size mismatch is detected without looking at any elements).

Possible implementation

struct equal_fn
{
  template<std::input_iterator I1, std::sentinel_for<I1> S1,
           std::input_iterator I2, std::sentinel_for<I2> S2,
           class Pred = ranges::equal_to,
           class Proj1 = std::identity, class Proj2 = std::identity>
  requires std::indirectly_comparable<I1, I2, Pred, Proj1, Proj2>
  constexpr bool
      operator()(I1 first1, S1 last1, I2 first2, S2 last2,
                 Pred pred = {}, Proj1 proj1 = {}, Proj2 proj2 = {}) const
  {
      if constexpr (std::sized_sentinel_for<S1, I1> and std::sized_sentinel_for<S2, I2>)
          if (std::ranges::distance(first1, last1) != std::ranges::distance(first2, last2))
              return false;
 
      for (; first1 != last1; ++first1, (void)++first2)
          if (!std::invoke(pred, std::invoke(proj1, *first1), std::invoke(proj2, *first2)))
              return false;
      return true;
  }
 
  template<ranges::input_range R1, ranges::input_range R2,
           class Pred = ranges::equal_to,
           class Proj1 = std::identity, class Proj2 = std::identity>
  requires std::indirectly_comparable<ranges::iterator_t<R1>, ranges::iterator_t<R2>,
                                      Pred, Proj1, Proj2>
  constexpr bool
      operator()(R1&& r1, R2&& r2, Pred pred = {}, Proj1 proj1 = {}, Proj2 proj2 = {}) const
  {
      return (*this)(ranges::begin(r1), ranges::end(r1),
                     ranges::begin(r2), ranges::end(r2),
                     std::ref(pred), std::ref(proj1), std::ref(proj2));
  }
};
 
inline constexpr equal_fn equal;

Example

#include <algorithm>
#include <iomanip>
#include <iostream>
#include <ranges>
#include <string_view>
 
constexpr bool is_palindrome(const std::string_view s)
{
    namespace views = std::views;
    auto forward = s | views::take(s.size() / 2);
    auto backward = s | views::reverse | views::take(s.size() / 2);
    return std::ranges::equal(forward, backward);
}
 
void test(const std::string_view s)
{
    std::cout << quoted(s) << " is "
              << (is_palindrome(s) ? "" : "not ")
              << "a palindrome\n";
}
 
int main()
{
    test("radar");
    test("hello");
    static_assert(is_palindrome("ABBA") and not is_palindrome("AC/DC"));
}

"radar" is a palindrome
"hello" is not a palindrome

See also