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The generate n algorithm traverses the range [first, first + n), assigning to each

The generate n algorithm traverses the range [first, first + n), assigning to each


generate_n
	
 
Header
<algorithm>

template<class OutputIterator, class Size, class Generator> inline
void generate_n(OutputIterator first, Size n, Generator gen)

The generate_n algorithm traverses the range [first, first + n), assigning to each element the value returned by gen. Note that generate modifies the elements in the specified range.


Sample

// disable warning C4786: symbol greater than 255 character,
// okay to ignore
#pragma warning(disable: 4786)

#include <iostream>
#include <vector>
#include <algorithm>

using namespace std;


// return the next Fibonacci number in the
// Fibonacci series.
int Fibonacci(void)
{
    static int r;
    static int f1 = 0;
    static int f2 = 1;
    r = f1 + f2 ;
    f1 = f2 ;
    f2 = r ;
    return f1 ;
}

void main()
{
    const int VECTOR_SIZE = 15 ;

    // Define a template class vector of integers
    typedef vector<int > IntVector ;

    //Define an iterator for template class vector of integer
    typedef IntVector::iterator IntVectorIt ;

    IntVector Numbers(VECTOR_SIZE) ;   //vector containing numbers

    IntVectorIt start, end, it ;

    int i ;

    //Initialize vector Numbers
    for(i = 0; i < VECTOR_SIZE; i++)
        Numbers[i] = i * i ;

    start = Numbers.begin() ;   // location of first
                                // element of Numbers

    end = Numbers.end() ;       // one past the location
                                // last element of Numbers

    cout << "Before calling generate_n" << endl ;

    // print content of Numbers
    cout << "Numbers { " ;
    for(it = start; it != end; it++)
        cout << *it << " " ;
    cout << " }\n" << endl ;

    // fill the specified range with a series of
    // Fibonacci numbers using the Fibonacci function
    generate_n(start + 5, Numbers.size() - 5, Fibonacci) ;

    cout << "After calling generate_n" << endl ;

    // print content of Numbers
    cout << "Numbers { " ;
    for(it = start; it != end; it++)
        cout << *it << " " ;
    cout << " }\n" << endl ;
}

Program Output

Before calling generate_n
Numbers { 0 1 4 9 16 25 36 49 64 81 100 121 144 169 196  }

After calling generate_n
Numbers { 0 1 4 9 16 1 1 2 3 5 8 13 21 34 55  }