for_each loop in C++ Last Updated : 12 Jul, 2021 Comments Improve Suggest changes Like Article Like Report Apart from the generic looping techniques, such as "for, while and do-while", C++ in its language also allows us to use another functionality which solves the same purpose termed "for-each" loops. This loop accepts a function which executes over each of the container elements. This loop is defined in the header file "algorithm": #include<algorithm>, and hence has to be included for successful operation of this loop. It is versatile, i.e. Can work with any container.It reduces chances of errors one can commit using generic for loopIt makes code more readablefor_each loops improve overall performance of code Syntax: for_each (InputIterator start_iter, InputIterator last_iter, Function fnc) start_iter : The beginning position from where function operations has to be executed. last_iter : The ending position till where function has to be executed. fnc/obj_fnc : The 3rd argument is a function or an object function which operation would be applied to each element. CPP // C++ code to demonstrate the // working of for_each loop #include<iostream> #include<vector> #include<algorithm> using namespace std; // helper function 1 void printx2(int a) { cout << a * 2 << " "; } // helper function 2 // object type function struct Class2 { void operator() (int a) { cout << a * 3 << " "; } } ob1; int main() { // initializing array int arr[5] = { 1, 5, 2, 4, 3 }; cout << "Using Arrays:" << endl; // printing array using for_each // using function cout << "Multiple of 2 of elements are : "; for_each(arr, arr + 5, printx2); cout << endl; // printing array using for_each // using object function cout << "Multiple of 3 of elements are : "; for_each(arr, arr + 5, ob1); cout << endl; // initializing vector vector<int> arr1 = { 4, 5, 8, 3, 1 }; cout << "Using Vectors:" << endl; // printing array using for_each // using function cout << "Multiple of 2 of elements are : "; for_each(arr1.begin(), arr1.end(), printx2); cout << endl; // printing array using for_each // using object function cout << "Multiple of 3 of elements are : "; for_each(arr1.begin(), arr1.end(), ob1); cout << endl; } OutputUsing Arrays: Multiple of 2 of elements are : 2 10 4 8 6 Multiple of 3 of elements are : 3 15 6 12 9 Using Vectors: Multiple of 2 of elements are : 8 10 16 6 2 Multiple of 3 of elements are : 12 15 24 9 3 Exceptions and for_each: In the cases of exceptions, if the function throws an exception or if any of the operations on iterators throws an exception, for_each loop will also throw an exception and break/terminate the loop. Note: Invalid arguments may leads to Undefined behavior.For_each can not work with pointers of an array (An array pointer do not know its size, for_each loops will not work with arrays without knowing the size of an array) CPP // C++ code to demonstrate the working // of for_each with Exception #include<iostream> #include<vector> #include<algorithm> using namespace std; // Helper function 1 void printx2(int a) { cout << a * 2 << " "; if ( a % 2 == 0) { throw a; } } // Helper function 2 // object type function struct Class2 { void operator() (int a) { cout << a * 3 << " "; if ( a % 2 == 0) { throw a; } } } ob1; int main() { // Initializing array int arr[5] = { 1, 5, 2, 4, 3 }; cout << "Using Array" << endl; // Printing Exception using for_each // using function try { for_each(arr, arr + 5, printx2); } catch(int i) { cout << "\nThe Exception element is : " << i ; } cout << endl; // Printing Exception using for_each // using object function try { for_each(arr, arr + 5, ob1); } catch(int i) { cout << "\nThe Exception element is : " << i ; } // Initializing vector vector<int> arr1 = { 1, 3, 6, 5, 1 }; cout << "\nUsing Vector" << endl; // Printing Exception using for_each // using function try { for_each(arr1.begin(), arr1.end(), printx2); } catch(int i) { cout << "\nThe Exception element is : " << i ; } cout << endl; // printing Exception using for_each // using object function try { for_each(arr1.begin(), arr1.end(), ob1); } catch(int i) { cout << "\nThe Exception element is : " << i ; } } OutputUsing Array 2 10 4 The Exception element is : 2 3 15 6 The Exception element is : 2 Using Vector 2 6 12 The Exception element is : 6 3 9 18 The Exception element is : 6 Using Lambdas: With the introduction of lambda functions, this can be easily used to make the whole thing inline which is very compact and useful for people looking for using functional programming. C++ #include <bits/stdc++.h> #include <iostream> using namespace std; int main() { vector<int> vec{ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 }; // this increases all the values in the vector by 1; for_each(vec.begin(), vec.end(), [](int& a) { a++; }); // this prints all the values in the vector; for_each(vec.begin(), vec.end(), [](int a) { cout << a << " " << endl; }); return 0; } Output2 3 4 5 6 Comment More infoAdvertise with us A Astha Tyagi Improve Article Tags : C++ Practice Tags : CPP Similar Reads C++ Tutorial | Learn C++ Programming C++ is a popular programming language that was developed as an extension of the C programming language to include OOPs programming paradigm. Since then, it has become foundation of many modern technologies like game engines, web browsers, operating systems, financial systems, etc.Features of C++Why 5 min read Setting up C++ Development Environment C++ is a general-purpose programming language and is widely used nowadays for competitive programming. 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