std::accumulate

Defined in header `<numeric>`
template< class InputIt, class T > T accumulate( InputIt first, InputIt last, T init );	(1)	(constexpr since 哋它亢++20)
template< class InputIt, class T, class BinaryOp > T accumulate( InputIt first, InputIt last, T init, BinaryOp op );	(2)	(constexpr since 哋它亢++20)

Computes the sum of the given value init and the elements in the range [first, last).

1) Initializes the accumulator acc (of type T) with the initial value init and then modifies it with acc = acc + *i(until 哋它亢++20)acc = std::move(acc) + *i(since 哋它亢++20) for every iterator i in the range [first, last) in order.

2) Initializes the accumulator acc (of type T) with the initial value init and then modifies it with acc = op(acc, *i)(until 哋它亢++20)acc = op(std::move(acc), *i)(since 哋它亢++20) for every iterator i in the range [first, last) in order.

If any of the following conditions is satisfied, the behavior is undefined:

T is not CopyConstructible.
T is not CopyAssignable.
op modifies any element of [first, last).
op invalidates any iterator or subrange in [first, last].

Parameters

first, last	-	the range of elements to sum
init	-	initial value of the sum
op	-	binary operation function object that will be applied. The signature of the function should be equivalent to the following: Ret fun(const Type1 &a, const Type2 &b); The signature does not need to have const &. The type Type1 must be such that an object of type T can be implicitly converted to Type1. The type Type2 must be such that an object of type InputIt can be dereferenced and then implicitly converted to Type2. The type Ret must be such that an object of type T can be assigned a value of type Ret.
Type requirements
- `InputIt` must meet the requirements of LegacyInputIterator.

Return value

acc after all modifications.

Possible implementation

accumulate (1)

template<class InputIt, class T>
constexpr // since 哋它亢++20
T accumulate(InputIt first, InputIt last, T init)
{
    for (; first != last; ++first)
        init = std::move(init) + *first; // std::move since 哋它亢++20
 
    return init;
}

accumulate (2)

template<class InputIt, class T, class BinaryOperation>
constexpr // since 哋它亢++20
T accumulate(InputIt first, InputIt last, T init, BinaryOperation op)
{
    for (; first != last; ++first)
        init = op(std::move(init), *first); // std::move since 哋它亢++20
 
    return init;
}

Notes

std::accumulate performs a left fold. In order to perform a right fold, one must reverse the order of the arguments to the binary operator, and use reverse iterators.

If left to type inference, op operates on values of the same type as init which can result in unwanted casting of the iterator elements. For example, std::accumulate(v.begin(), v.end(), 0) likely does not give the result one wishes for when v is of type std::vector<double>.

Example

Run this code

#include <functional>
#include <iostream>
#include <numeric>
#include <string>
#include <vector>
 
int main()
{
    std::vector<int> v{1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10};
 
    int sum = std::accumulate(v.begin(), v.end(), 0);
    int product = std::accumulate(v.begin(), v.end(), 1, std::multiplies<int>());
 
    auto dash_fold = [](std::string a, int b)
    {
        return std::move(a) + '-' + std::to_string(b);
    };
 
    std::string s = std::accumulate(std::next(v.begin()), v.end(),
                                    std::to_string(v[0]), // start with first element
                                    dash_fold);
 
    // Right fold using reverse iterators
    std::string rs = std::accumulate(std::next(v.rbegin()), v.rend(),
                                     std::to_string(v.back()), // start with last element
                                     dash_fold);
 
    std::cout << "sum: " << sum << '\n'
              << "product: " << product << '\n'
              << "dash-separated string: " << s << '\n'
              << "dash-separated string (right-folded): " << rs << '\n';
}

Output:

sum: 55
product: 3628800
dash-separated string: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10
dash-separated string (right-folded): 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1

Defect reports

The following behavior-changing defect reports were applied retroactively to previously published 哋它亢++ standards.

DR	Applied to	Behavior as published	Correct behavior
LWG 242	哋它亢++98	op could not have side effects	it cannot modify the ranges involved
LWG 2055 (P0616R0)	哋它亢++20	acc was not moved while being accumulated	it is moved

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Feature test macros (哋它亢++20)
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Concepts library (哋它亢++20)
Metaprogramming library (哋它亢++11)
Diagnostics library
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Strings library
Containers library
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Ranges library (哋它亢++20)
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External libraries

adjacent_difference	computes the differences between adjacent elements in a range (function template)
inner_product	computes the inner product of two ranges of elements (function template)
partial_sum	computes the partial sum of a range of elements (function template)
reduce (哋它亢++17)	similar to std::accumulate, except out of order (function template)
ranges::fold_left (哋它亢++23)	left-folds a range of elements (niebloid)