How do I print out the contents of a std::vector to the screen?
A solution that implements the following operator<< would be nice as well:
template<container C, class T, String delim = ", ", String open = "[", String close = "]">
std::ostream & operator<<(std::ostream & o, const C<T> & x)
{
// ... What can I write here?
}
Here is what I have so far, without a separate function:
#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>
#include <string>
#include <cmath>
#include <vector>
#include <sstream>
#include <cstdio>
using namespace std;
int main()
{
ifstream file("maze.txt");
if (file) {
vector<char> vec(istreambuf_iterator<char>(file), (istreambuf_iterator<char>()));
vector<char> path;
int x = 17;
char entrance = vec.at(16);
char firstsquare = vec.at(x);
if (entrance == 'S') {
path.push_back(entrance);
}
for (x = 17; isalpha(firstsquare); x++) {
path.push_back(firstsquare);
}
for (int i = 0; i < path.size(); i++) {
cout << path[i] << " ";
}
cout << endl;
return 0;
}
}
std::cout << and std::to_stringstd::vector, std::array and std::tupleAs printing a vector in cpp turned out to be surprisingly much work (at least compared to how basic this task is) and as one steps over the same problem again, when working with other container, here a more general solution ...
This template collection handles 3 container types:
std::vector, std::array and std::tuple.
It defines std::to_string() for those and makes it possible to directly print them out by std::cout << container;.
Further it defines the << operator for std::string << container.
With this it gets possible to construct strings containig these container types in a compact way.
From
std::string s1 = "s1: " + std::to_string(arr) + "; " + std::to_string(vec) + "; " + std::to_string(tup);
we get to
std::string s2 = STR() << "s2: " << arr << "; " << vec << "; " << tup;
You can test this code interactively: here.
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <tuple>
#include <vector>
#include <array>
namespace std
{
// declations: needed for std::to_string(std::vector<std::tuple<int, float>>)
std::string to_string(std::string str);
std::string to_string(const char *str);
template<typename T, size_t N>
std::string to_string(std::array<T, N> const& arr);
template<typename T>
std::string to_string(std::vector<T> const& vec);
template<typename... Args>
std::string to_string(const std::tuple<Args...>& tup);
std::string to_string(std::string str)
{
return std::string(str);
}
std::string to_string(const char *str)
{
return std::string(str);
}
template<typename T, size_t N>
std::string to_string(std::array<T, N> const& arr)
{
std::string s="{";
for (std::size_t t = 0; t != N; ++t)
s += std::to_string(arr[t]) + (t+1 < N ? ", ":"");
return s + "}";
}
template<typename T>
std::string to_string(std::vector<T> const& vec)
{
std::string s="[";
for (std::size_t t = 0; t != vec.size(); ++t)
s += std::to_string(vec[t]) + (t+1 < vec.size() ? ", ":"");
return s + "]";
}
// to_string(tuple)
// https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/utility/tuple/operator%3D
template<class Tuple, std::size_t N>
struct TupleString
{
static std::string str(const Tuple& tup)
{
std::string out;
out += TupleString<Tuple, N-1>::str(tup);
out += ", ";
out += std::to_string(std::get<N-1>(tup));
return out;
}
};
template<class Tuple>
struct TupleString<Tuple, 1>
{
static std::string str(const Tuple& tup)
{
std::string out;
out += std::to_string(std::get<0>(tup));
return out;
}
};
template<typename... Args>
std::string to_string(const std::tuple<Args...>& tup)
{
std::string out = "(";
out += TupleString<decltype(tup), sizeof...(Args)>::str(tup);
out += ")";
return out;
}
} // namespace std
/**
* cout: cout << continer
*/
template <typename T, std::size_t N> // cout << array
std::ostream& operator <<(std::ostream &out, std::array<T, N> &con)
{
out << std::to_string(con);
return out;
}
template <typename T, typename A> // cout << vector
std::ostream& operator <<(std::ostream &out, std::vector<T, A> &con)
{
out << std::to_string(con);
return out;
}
template<typename... Args> // cout << tuple
std::ostream& operator <<(std::ostream &out, std::tuple<Args...> &con)
{
out << std::to_string(con);
return out;
}
/**
* Concatenate: string << continer
*/
template <class C>
std::string operator <<(std::string str, C &con)
{
std::string out = str;
out += std::to_string(con);
return out;
}
#define STR() std::string("")
int main()
{
std::array<int, 3> arr {1, 2, 3};
std::string sArr = std::to_string(arr);
std::cout << "std::array" << std::endl;
std::cout << "\ttest to_string: " << sArr << std::endl;
std::cout << "\ttest cout <<: " << arr << std::endl;
std::cout << "\ttest string <<: " << (std::string() << arr) << std::endl;
std::vector<std::string> vec {"a", "b"};
std::string sVec = std::to_string(vec);
std::cout << "std::vector" << std::endl;
std::cout << "\ttest to_string: " << sVec << std::endl;
std::cout << "\ttest cout <<: " << vec << std::endl;
std::cout << "\ttest string <<: " << (std::string() << vec) << std::endl;
std::tuple<int, std::string> tup = std::make_tuple(5, "five");
std::string sTup = std::to_string(tup);
std::cout << "std::tuple" << std::endl;
std::cout << "\ttest to_string: " << sTup << std::endl;
std::cout << "\ttest cout <<: " << tup << std::endl;
std::cout << "\ttest string <<: " << (std::string() << tup) << std::endl;
std::vector<std::tuple<int, float>> vt {std::make_tuple(1, .1), std::make_tuple(2, .2)};
std::string sVt = std::to_string(vt);
std::cout << "std::vector<std::tuple>" << std::endl;
std::cout << "\ttest to_string: " << sVt << std::endl;
std::cout << "\ttest cout <<: " << vt << std::endl;
std::cout << "\ttest string <<: " << (std::string() << vt) << std::endl;
std::cout << std::endl;
std::string s1 = "s1: " + std::to_string(arr) + "; " + std::to_string(vec) + "; " + std::to_string(tup);
std::cout << s1 << std::endl;
std::string s2 = STR() << "s2: " << arr << "; " << vec << "; " << tup;
std::cout << s2 << std::endl;
return 0;
}
std::array
test to_string: {1, 2, 3}
test cout <<: {1, 2, 3}
test string <<: {1, 2, 3}
std::vector
test to_string: [a, b]
test cout <<: [a, b]
test string <<: [a, b]
std::tuple
test to_string: (5, five)
test cout <<: (5, five)
test string <<: (5, five)
std::vector<std::tuple>
test to_string: [(1, 0.100000), (2, 0.200000)]
test cout <<: [(1, 0.100000), (2, 0.200000)]
test string <<: [(1, 0.100000), (2, 0.200000)]
s1: {1, 2, 3}; [a, b]; (5, five)
s2: {1, 2, 3}; [a, b]; (5, five)
std::copy but without extra trailing separatorAn alternative/modified approach using std::copy (as originally used in @JoshuaKravtiz answer) but without including an additional trailing separator after the last element:
#include <algorithm>
#include <iostream>
#include <iterator>
#include <vector>
template <typename T>
void print_contents(const std::vector<T>& v, const char * const separator = " ")
{
if(!v.empty())
{
std::copy(v.begin(),
--v.end(),
std::ostream_iterator<T>(std::cout, separator));
std::cout << v.back() << "\n";
}
}
// example usage
int main() {
std::vector<int> v{1, 2, 3, 4};
print_contents(v); // '1 2 3 4'
print_contents(v, ":"); // '1:2:3:4'
v = {};
print_contents(v); // ... no std::cout
v = {1};
print_contents(v); // '1'
return 0;
}
Example usage applied to container of a custom POD type:
// includes and 'print_contents(...)' as above ...
class Foo
{
int i;
friend std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& out, const Foo& obj);
public:
Foo(const int i) : i(i) {}
};
std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& out, const Foo& obj)
{
return out << "foo_" << obj.i;
}
int main() {
std::vector<Foo> v{1, 2, 3, 4};
print_contents(v); // 'foo_1 foo_2 foo_3 foo_4'
print_contents(v, ":"); // 'foo_1:foo_2:foo_3:foo_4'
v = {};
print_contents(v); // ... no std::cout
v = {1};
print_contents(v); // 'foo_1'
return 0;
}
I see two problems. As pointed out in
for (x = 17; isalpha(firstsquare); x++)
there's either an infinite loop or never executed at all, and also in if (entrance == 'S') if the entrance character is different than 'S' then nothing in pushed to the path vector, making it empty and thus printing nothing on screen. You can test the latter checking for path.empty() or printing path.size().
Either way, wouldn't it be better to use a string instead of a vector? You can access the string contents like an array as well, seek characters, extract substrings and print the string easily (without a loop).
Doing it all with strings might be the way to have it written in a less convoluted way and make it easier to spot the problem.
You can print containers as well as ranges and tuples using the {fmt} library. For example:
#include <vector>
#include <fmt/ranges.h>
int main() {
auto v = std::vector<int>{1, 2, 3};
fmt::print("{}", v);
}
prints
{1, 2, 3}
to stdout (godbolt).
I wouldn't recommend overloading operator<< for standard containers because it may introduce ODR violations.
Disclaimer: I'm the author of {fmt}.
I am going to add another answer here, because I have come up with a different approach to my previous one, and that is to use locale facets.
The basics are here
Essentially what you do is:
std::locale::facet. The slight downside is that you will need a compilation unit somewhere to hold its id. Let's call it MyPrettyVectorPrinter. You'd probably give it a better name, and also create ones for pair and map.std::has_facet< MyPrettyVectorPrinter >std::use_facet< MyPrettyVectorPrinter >( os.getloc() )operator<<) provides default ones. Note you can do the same thing for reading a vector.I like this method because you can use a default print whilst still being able to use a custom override.
The downsides are needing a library for your facet if used in multiple projects (so can't just be headers-only) and also the fact that you need to beware about the expense of creating a new locale object.
I have written this as a new solution rather than modify my other one because I believe both approaches can be correct and you take your pick.
In C++11 you can now use a range-based for loop:
for (auto const& c : path)
std::cout << c << ' ';
This has been edited a few times, and we have decided to call the main class that wraps a collection RangePrinter.
This should work automatically with any collection once you have written the one-time operator<< overload, except that you will need a special one for maps to print the pair, and may want to customize the delimiter there.
You could also have a special "print" function to use on the item instead of just outputting it directly, a bit like STL algorithms allow you to pass in custom predicates. With map you would use it this way, with a custom printer for the std::pair.
Your "default" printer would just output it to the stream.
Ok, let's work on a custom printer. I will change my outer class to RangePrinter. So we have 2 iterators and some delimiters but have not customized how to print the actual items.
struct DefaultPrinter
{
template< typename T >
std::ostream & operator()( std::ostream& os, const T& t ) const
{
return os << t;
}
// overload for std::pair
template< typename K, typename V >
std::ostream & operator()( std::ostream & os, std::pair<K,V> const& p)
{
return os << p.first << '=' << p.second;
}
};
// some prototypes
template< typename FwdIter, typename Printer > class RangePrinter;
template< typename FwdIter, typename Printer >
std::ostream & operator<<( std::ostream &,
RangePrinter<FwdIter, Printer> const& );
template< typename FwdIter, typename Printer=DefaultPrinter >
class RangePrinter
{
FwdIter begin;
FwdIter end;
std::string delim;
std::string open;
std::string close;
Printer printer;
friend std::ostream& operator<< <>( std::ostream&,
RangePrinter<FwdIter,Printer> const& );
public:
RangePrinter( FwdIter b, FwdIter e, Printer p,
std::string const& d, std::string const & o, std::string const& c )
: begin( b ), end( e ), printer( p ), open( o ), close( c )
{
}
// with no "printer" variable
RangePrinter( FwdIter b, FwdIter e,
std::string const& d, std::string const & o, std::string const& c )
: begin( b ), end( e ), open( o ), close( c )
{
}
};
template<typename FwdIter, typename Printer>
std::ostream& operator<<( std::ostream& os,
RangePrinter<FwdIter, Printer> const& range )
{
const Printer & printer = range.printer;
os << range.open;
FwdIter begin = range.begin, end = range.end;
// print the first item
if (begin == end)
{
return os << range.close;
}
printer( os, *begin );
// print the rest with delim as a prefix
for( ++begin; begin != end; ++begin )
{
os << range.delim;
printer( os, *begin );
}
return os << range.close;
}
Now by default it will work for maps as long as the key and value types are both printable and you can put in your own special item printer for when they are not (as you can with any other type), or if you do not want "=" as the delimiter.
I am moving the free-function to create these to the end now:
A free-function (iterator version) would look like something this and you could even have defaults:
template<typename Collection>
RangePrinter<typename Collection::const_iterator> rangePrinter
( const Collection& coll, const char * delim=",",
const char * open="[", const char * close="]")
{
return RangePrinter< typename Collection::const_iterator >
( coll.begin(), coll.end(), delim, open, close );
}
You could then use it for std::set by
std::cout << outputFormatter( mySet );
You can also write free-function version that take a custom printer and ones that take two iterators. In any case they will resolve the template parameters for you, and you will be able to pass them through as temporaries.
Coming out of one of the first BoostCon (now called CppCon), I and two others worked on a library to do just this. The main sticking point was needing to extend namespace std. That turned out to be a no-go for a boost library.
Unfortunately the links to the code no longer work, but you might find some interesting tidbits in the discussions (at least those that aren't talking about what to name it!)
http://boost.2283326.n4.nabble.com/explore-Library-Proposal-Container-Streaming-td2619544.html
In C++11, a range-based for loop might be a good solution:
vector<char> items = {'a','b','c'};
for (char n : items)
cout << n << ' ';
Output:
a b c
A much easier way to do this is with the standard copy algorithm:
#include <iostream>
#include <algorithm> // for copy
#include <iterator> // for ostream_iterator
#include <vector>
int main() {
/* Set up vector to hold chars a-z */
std::vector<char> path;
for (int ch = 'a'; ch <= 'z'; ++ch)
path.push_back(ch);
/* Print path vector to console */
std::copy(path.begin(), path.end(), std::ostream_iterator<char>(std::cout, " "));
return 0;
}
The ostream_iterator is what's called an iterator adaptor. It is templatized over the type to print out to the stream (in this case, char). cout (aka console output) is the stream we want to write to, and the space character (" ") is what we want printed between each element stored in the vector.
This standard algorithm is powerful and so are many others. The power and flexibility the standard library gives you are what make it so great. Just imagine: you can print a vector to the console with just one line of code. You don't have to deal with special cases with the separator character. You don't need to worry about for-loops. The standard library does it all for you.
For people who want one-liners without loops:
I can't believe that noone has though of this, but perhaps it's because of the more C-like approach. Anyways, it is perfectly safe to do this without a loop, in a one-liner, ASSUMING that the std::vector<char> is null-terminated:
std::vector<char> test { 'H', 'e', 'l', 'l', 'o', ',', ' ', 'w', 'o', 'r', 'l', 'd', '!', '\0' };
std::cout << test.data() << std::endl;
But I would wrap this in the ostream operator, as @Zorawar suggested, just to be safe:
template <typename T>std::ostream& operator<< (std::ostream& out, std::vector<T>& v)
{
v.push_back('\0'); // safety-check!
out << v.data();
return out;
}
std::cout << test << std::endl; // will print 'Hello, world!'
We can achieve similar behaviour by using printf instead:
fprintf(stdout, "%s\n", &test[0]); // will also print 'Hello, world!'
NOTE:
The overloaded ostream operator needs to accept the vector as non-const. This might make the program insecure or introduce misusable code. Also, since null-character is appended, a reallocation of the std::vector might occur. So using for-loops with iterators will likely be faster.
The goal here is to use ADL to do customization of how we pretty print.
You pass in a formatter tag, and override 4 functions (before, after, between and descend) in the tag's namespace. This changes how the formatter prints 'adornments' when iterating over containers.
A default formatter that does {(a->b),(c->d)} for maps, (a,b,c) for tupleoids, "hello" for strings, [x,y,z] for everything else included.
It should "just work" with 3rd party iterable types (and treat them like "everything else").
If you want custom adornments for your 3rd party iterables, simply create your own tag. It will take a bit of work to handle map descent (you need to overload pretty_print_descend( your_tag to return pretty_print::decorator::map_magic_tag<your_tag>). Maybe there is a cleaner way to do this, not sure.
A little library to detect iterability, and tuple-ness:
namespace details {
using std::begin; using std::end;
template<class T, class=void>
struct is_iterable_test:std::false_type{};
template<class T>
struct is_iterable_test<T,
decltype((void)(
(void)(begin(std::declval<T>())==end(std::declval<T>()))
, ((void)(std::next(begin(std::declval<T>()))))
, ((void)(*begin(std::declval<T>())))
, 1
))
>:std::true_type{};
template<class T>struct is_tupleoid:std::false_type{};
template<class...Ts>struct is_tupleoid<std::tuple<Ts...>>:std::true_type{};
template<class...Ts>struct is_tupleoid<std::pair<Ts...>>:std::true_type{};
// template<class T, size_t N>struct is_tupleoid<std::array<T,N>>:std::true_type{}; // complete, but problematic
}
template<class T>struct is_iterable:details::is_iterable_test<std::decay_t<T>>{};
template<class T, std::size_t N>struct is_iterable<T(&)[N]>:std::true_type{}; // bypass decay
template<class T>struct is_tupleoid:details::is_tupleoid<std::decay_t<T>>{};
template<class T>struct is_visitable:std::integral_constant<bool, is_iterable<T>{}||is_tupleoid<T>{}> {};
A library that lets us visit the contents of an iterable or tuple type object:
template<class C, class F>
std::enable_if_t<is_iterable<C>{}> visit_first(C&& c, F&& f) {
using std::begin; using std::end;
auto&& b = begin(c);
auto&& e = end(c);
if (b==e)
return;
std::forward<F>(f)(*b);
}
template<class C, class F>
std::enable_if_t<is_iterable<C>{}> visit_all_but_first(C&& c, F&& f) {
using std::begin; using std::end;
auto it = begin(c);
auto&& e = end(c);
if (it==e)
return;
it = std::next(it);
for( ; it!=e; it = std::next(it) ) {
f(*it);
}
}
namespace details {
template<class Tup, class F>
void visit_first( std::index_sequence<>, Tup&&, F&& ) {}
template<size_t... Is, class Tup, class F>
void visit_first( std::index_sequence<0,Is...>, Tup&& tup, F&& f ) {
std::forward<F>(f)( std::get<0>( std::forward<Tup>(tup) ) );
}
template<class Tup, class F>
void visit_all_but_first( std::index_sequence<>, Tup&&, F&& ) {}
template<size_t... Is,class Tup, class F>
void visit_all_but_first( std::index_sequence<0,Is...>, Tup&& tup, F&& f ) {
int unused[] = {0,((void)(
f( std::get<Is>(std::forward<Tup>(tup)) )
),0)...};
(void)(unused);
}
}
template<class Tup, class F>
std::enable_if_t<is_tupleoid<Tup>{}> visit_first(Tup&& tup, F&& f) {
details::visit_first( std::make_index_sequence< std::tuple_size<std::decay_t<Tup>>{} >{}, std::forward<Tup>(tup), std::forward<F>(f) );
}
template<class Tup, class F>
std::enable_if_t<is_tupleoid<Tup>{}> visit_all_but_first(Tup&& tup, F&& f) {
details::visit_all_but_first( std::make_index_sequence< std::tuple_size<std::decay_t<Tup>>{} >{}, std::forward<Tup>(tup), std::forward<F>(f) );
}
A pretty printing library:
namespace pretty_print {
namespace decorator {
struct default_tag {};
template<class Old>
struct map_magic_tag:Old {}; // magic for maps
// Maps get {}s. Write trait `is_associative` to generalize:
template<class CharT, class Traits, class...Xs >
void pretty_print_before( default_tag, std::basic_ostream<CharT, Traits>& s, std::map<Xs...> const& ) {
s << CharT('{');
}
template<class CharT, class Traits, class...Xs >
void pretty_print_after( default_tag, std::basic_ostream<CharT, Traits>& s, std::map<Xs...> const& ) {
s << CharT('}');
}
// tuples and pairs get ():
template<class CharT, class Traits, class Tup >
std::enable_if_t<is_tupleoid<Tup>{}> pretty_print_before( default_tag, std::basic_ostream<CharT, Traits>& s, Tup const& ) {
s << CharT('(');
}
template<class CharT, class Traits, class Tup >
std::enable_if_t<is_tupleoid<Tup>{}> pretty_print_after( default_tag, std::basic_ostream<CharT, Traits>& s, Tup const& ) {
s << CharT(')');
}
// strings with the same character type get ""s:
template<class CharT, class Traits, class...Xs >
void pretty_print_before( default_tag, std::basic_ostream<CharT, Traits>& s, std::basic_string<CharT, Xs...> const& ) {
s << CharT('"');
}
template<class CharT, class Traits, class...Xs >
void pretty_print_after( default_tag, std::basic_ostream<CharT, Traits>& s, std::basic_string<CharT, Xs...> const& ) {
s << CharT('"');
}
// and pack the characters together:
template<class CharT, class Traits, class...Xs >
void pretty_print_between( default_tag, std::basic_ostream<CharT, Traits>&, std::basic_string<CharT, Xs...> const& ) {}
// map magic. When iterating over the contents of a map, use the map_magic_tag:
template<class...Xs>
map_magic_tag<default_tag> pretty_print_descend( default_tag, std::map<Xs...> const& ) {
return {};
}
template<class old_tag, class C>
old_tag pretty_print_descend( map_magic_tag<old_tag>, C const& ) {
return {};
}
// When printing a pair immediately within a map, use -> as a separator:
template<class old_tag, class CharT, class Traits, class...Xs >
void pretty_print_between( map_magic_tag<old_tag>, std::basic_ostream<CharT, Traits>& s, std::pair<Xs...> const& ) {
s << CharT('-') << CharT('>');
}
}
// default behavior:
template<class CharT, class Traits, class Tag, class Container >
void pretty_print_before( Tag const&, std::basic_ostream<CharT, Traits>& s, Container const& ) {
s << CharT('[');
}
template<class CharT, class Traits, class Tag, class Container >
void pretty_print_after( Tag const&, std::basic_ostream<CharT, Traits>& s, Container const& ) {
s << CharT(']');
}
template<class CharT, class Traits, class Tag, class Container >
void pretty_print_between( Tag const&, std::basic_ostream<CharT, Traits>& s, Container const& ) {
s << CharT(',');
}
template<class Tag, class Container>
Tag&& pretty_print_descend( Tag&& tag, Container const& ) {
return std::forward<Tag>(tag);
}
// print things by default by using <<:
template<class Tag=decorator::default_tag, class Scalar, class CharT, class Traits>
std::enable_if_t<!is_visitable<Scalar>{}> print( std::basic_ostream<CharT, Traits>& os, Scalar&& scalar, Tag&&=Tag{} ) {
os << std::forward<Scalar>(scalar);
}
// for anything visitable (see above), use the pretty print algorithm:
template<class Tag=decorator::default_tag, class C, class CharT, class Traits>
std::enable_if_t<is_visitable<C>{}> print( std::basic_ostream<CharT, Traits>& os, C&& c, Tag&& tag=Tag{} ) {
pretty_print_before( std::forward<Tag>(tag), os, std::forward<C>(c) );
visit_first( c, [&](auto&& elem) {
print( os, std::forward<decltype(elem)>(elem), pretty_print_descend( std::forward<Tag>(tag), std::forward<C>(c) ) );
});
visit_all_but_first( c, [&](auto&& elem) {
pretty_print_between( std::forward<Tag>(tag), os, std::forward<C>(c) );
print( os, std::forward<decltype(elem)>(elem), pretty_print_descend( std::forward<Tag>(tag), std::forward<C>(c) ) );
});
pretty_print_after( std::forward<Tag>(tag), os, std::forward<C>(c) );
}
}
Test code:
int main() {
std::vector<int> x = {1,2,3};
pretty_print::print( std::cout, x );
std::cout << "\n";
std::map< std::string, int > m;
m["hello"] = 3;
m["world"] = 42;
pretty_print::print( std::cout, m );
std::cout << "\n";
}
This does use C++14 features (some _t aliases, and auto&& lambdas), but none are essential.
#include<bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
int main()
{
vector <pair<string,int> > v;
int n;
cin>>n;
int i;
for( i=0;i<n;i++)
{
int end;
string str;
cin>>str;
cin>>end;
v.push_back(make_pair(str,end));
}
for (int j=0;j<n;j++)
{
cout<<v[j].first<< " "<<v[j].second<<endl;
}``
}
overload operator<<:
template<typename OutStream, typename T>
OutStream& operator<< (OutStream& out, const vector<T>& v)
{
for (auto const& tmp : v)
out << tmp << " ";
out << endl;
return out;
}
Usage:
vector <int> test {1,2,3};
wcout << test; // or any output stream
This worked for me:
for (auto& i : name)
{
int r = 0;
for (int j = 0; j < name[r].size();j++)
{
std::cout << i[j];
}
r++;
std::cout << std::endl;
}
Here is a working library, presented as a complete working program, that I just hacked together:
#include <set>
#include <vector>
#include <iostream>
#include <boost/utility/enable_if.hpp>
// Default delimiters
template <class C> struct Delims { static const char *delim[3]; };
template <class C> const char *Delims<C>::delim[3]={"[", ", ", "]"};
// Special delimiters for sets.
template <typename T> struct Delims< std::set<T> > { static const char *delim[3]; };
template <typename T> const char *Delims< std::set<T> >::delim[3]={"{", ", ", "}"};
template <class C> struct IsContainer { enum { value = false }; };
template <typename T> struct IsContainer< std::vector<T> > { enum { value = true }; };
template <typename T> struct IsContainer< std::set<T> > { enum { value = true }; };
template <class C>
typename boost::enable_if<IsContainer<C>, std::ostream&>::type
operator<<(std::ostream & o, const C & x)
{
o << Delims<C>::delim[0];
for (typename C::const_iterator i = x.begin(); i != x.end(); ++i)
{
if (i != x.begin()) o << Delims<C>::delim[1];
o << *i;
}
o << Delims<C>::delim[2];
return o;
}
template <typename T> struct IsChar { enum { value = false }; };
template <> struct IsChar<char> { enum { value = true }; };
template <typename T, int N>
typename boost::disable_if<IsChar<T>, std::ostream&>::type
operator<<(std::ostream & o, const T (&x)[N])
{
o << "[";
for (int i = 0; i != N; ++i)
{
if (i) o << ",";
o << x[i];
}
o << "]";
return o;
}
int main()
{
std::vector<int> i;
i.push_back(23);
i.push_back(34);
std::set<std::string> j;
j.insert("hello");
j.insert("world");
double k[] = { 1.1, 2.2, M_PI, -1.0/123.0 };
std::cout << i << "\n" << j << "\n" << k << "\n";
}
It currently only works with vector and set, but can be made to work with most containers, just by expanding on the IsContainer specializations. I haven't thought much about whether this code is minimal, but I can't immediately think of anything I could strip out as redundant.
EDIT: Just for kicks, I included a version that handles arrays. I had to exclude char arrays to avoid further ambiguities; it might still get into trouble with wchar_t[].
This answer is based on the answer from Zorawar, but I couldn't leave a comment there.
You can make the auto (C++11)/typedef version const by using cbegin and cend instead
for (auto i = path.cbegin(); i != path.cend(); ++i)
std::cout << *i << ' ';
I think the best way to do this is to just overload operator<< by adding this function to your program:
#include <vector>
using std::vector;
#include <iostream>
using std::ostream;
template<typename T>
ostream& operator<< (ostream& out, const vector<T>& v) {
out << "{";
size_t last = v.size() - 1;
for(size_t i = 0; i < v.size(); ++i) {
out << v[i];
if (i != last)
out << ", ";
}
out << "}";
return out;
}
Then you can use the << operator on any possible vector, assuming its elements also have ostream& operator<< defined:
vector<string> s = {"first", "second", "third"};
vector<bool> b = {true, false, true, false, false};
vector<int> i = {1, 2, 3, 4};
cout << s << endl;
cout << b << endl;
cout << i << endl;
Outputs:
{first, second, third}
{1, 0, 1, 0, 0}
{1, 2, 3, 4}
In C++11
for (auto i = path.begin(); i != path.end(); ++i)
std::cout << *i << ' ';
for(int i=0; i<path.size(); ++i)
std::cout << path[i] << ' ';
Just copy the container to the console.
std::vector<int> v{1,2,3,4};
std::copy(v.begin(),v.end(),std::ostream_iterator<int>(std::cout, " " ));
Should output :
1 2 3 4
Here is my version of implementation done in 2016
Everything is in one header, so it's easy to use https://github.com/skident/eos/blob/master/include/eos/io/print.hpp
/*! \file print.hpp
* \brief Useful functions for work with STL containers.
*
* Now it supports generic print for STL containers like: [elem1, elem2, elem3]
* Supported STL conrainers: vector, deque, list, set multiset, unordered_set,
* map, multimap, unordered_map, array
*
* \author Skident
* \date 02.09.2016
* \copyright Skident Inc.
*/
#pragma once
// check is the C++11 or greater available (special hack for MSVC)
#if (defined(_MSC_VER) && __cplusplus >= 199711L) || __cplusplus >= 201103L
#define MODERN_CPP_AVAILABLE 1
#endif
#include <iostream>
#include <sstream>
#include <vector>
#include <deque>
#include <set>
#include <list>
#include <map>
#include <cctype>
#ifdef MODERN_CPP_AVAILABLE
#include <array>
#include <unordered_set>
#include <unordered_map>
#include <forward_list>
#endif
#define dump(value) std::cout << (#value) << ": " << (value) << std::endl
#define BUILD_CONTENT \
std::stringstream ss; \
for (; it != collection.end(); ++it) \
{ \
ss << *it << elem_separator; \
} \
#define BUILD_MAP_CONTENT \
std::stringstream ss; \
for (; it != collection.end(); ++it) \
{ \
ss << it->first \
<< keyval_separator \
<< it->second \
<< elem_separator; \
} \
#define COMPILE_CONTENT \
std::string data = ss.str(); \
if (!data.empty() && !elem_separator.empty()) \
data = data.substr(0, data.rfind(elem_separator)); \
std::string result = first_bracket + data + last_bracket; \
os << result; \
if (needEndl) \
os << std::endl; \
////
///
///
/// Template definitions
///
///
//generic template for classes: deque, list, forward_list, vector
#define VECTOR_AND_CO_TEMPLATE \
template< \
template<class T, \
class Alloc = std::allocator<T> > \
class Container, class Type, class Alloc> \
#define SET_TEMPLATE \
template< \
template<class T, \
class Compare = std::less<T>, \
class Alloc = std::allocator<T> > \
class Container, class T, class Compare, class Alloc> \
#define USET_TEMPLATE \
template< \
template < class Key, \
class Hash = std::hash<Key>, \
class Pred = std::equal_to<Key>, \
class Alloc = std::allocator<Key> \
> \
class Container, class Key, class Hash, class Pred, class Alloc \
> \
#define MAP_TEMPLATE \
template< \
template<class Key, \
class T, \
class Compare = std::less<Key>, \
class Alloc = std::allocator<std::pair<const Key,T> > \
> \
class Container, class Key, \
class Value/*, class Compare, class Alloc*/> \
#define UMAP_TEMPLATE \
template< \
template<class Key, \
class T, \
class Hash = std::hash<Key>, \
class Pred = std::equal_to<Key>, \
class Alloc = std::allocator<std::pair<const Key,T> >\
> \
class Container, class Key, class Value, \
class Hash, class Pred, class Alloc \
> \
#define ARRAY_TEMPLATE \
template< \
template<class T, std::size_t N> \
class Array, class Type, std::size_t Size> \
namespace eos
{
static const std::string default_elem_separator = ", ";
static const std::string default_keyval_separator = " => ";
static const std::string default_first_bracket = "[";
static const std::string default_last_bracket = "]";
//! Prints template Container<T> as in Python
//! Supported containers: vector, deque, list, set, unordered_set(C++11), forward_list(C++11)
//! \param collection which should be printed
//! \param elem_separator the separator which will be inserted between elements of collection
//! \param first_bracket data before collection's elements (usual it is the parenthesis, square or curly bracker '(', '[', '{')
//! \param last_bracket data after collection's elements (usual it is the parenthesis, square or curly bracker ')', ']', '}')
template<class Container>
void print( const Container& collection
, const std::string& elem_separator = default_elem_separator
, const std::string& first_bracket = default_first_bracket
, const std::string& last_bracket = default_last_bracket
, std::ostream& os = std::cout
, bool needEndl = true
)
{
typename Container::const_iterator it = collection.begin();
BUILD_CONTENT
COMPILE_CONTENT
}
//! Prints collections with one template argument and allocator as in Python.
//! Supported standard collections: vector, deque, list, forward_list
//! \param collection which should be printed
//! \param elem_separator the separator which will be inserted between elements of collection
//! \param keyval_separator separator between key and value of map. For default it is the '=>'
//! \param first_bracket data before collection's elements (usual it is the parenthesis, square or curly bracker '(', '[', '{')
//! \param last_bracket data after collection's elements (usual it is the parenthesis, square or curly bracker ')', ']', '}')
VECTOR_AND_CO_TEMPLATE
void print( const Container<Type>& collection
, const std::string& elem_separator = default_elem_separator
, const std::string& first_bracket = default_first_bracket
, const std::string& last_bracket = default_last_bracket
, std::ostream& os = std::cout
, bool needEndl = true
)
{
typename Container<Type>::const_iterator it = collection.begin();
BUILD_CONTENT
COMPILE_CONTENT
}
//! Prints collections like std:set<T, Compare, Alloc> as in Python
//! \param collection which should be printed
//! \param elem_separator the separator which will be inserted between elements of collection
//! \param keyval_separator separator between key and value of map. For default it is the '=>'
//! \param first_bracket data before collection's elements (usual it is the parenthesis, square or curly bracker '(', '[', '{')
//! \param last_bracket data after collection's elements (usual it is the parenthesis, square or curly bracker ')', ']', '}')
SET_TEMPLATE
void print( const Container<T, Compare, Alloc>& collection
, const std::string& elem_separator = default_elem_separator
, const std::string& first_bracket = default_first_bracket
, const std::string& last_bracket = default_last_bracket
, std::ostream& os = std::cout
, bool needEndl = true
)
{
typename Container<T, Compare, Alloc>::const_iterator it = collection.begin();
BUILD_CONTENT
COMPILE_CONTENT
}
//! Prints collections like std:unordered_set<Key, Hash, Pred, Alloc> as in Python
//! \param collection which should be printed
//! \param elem_separator the separator which will be inserted between elements of collection
//! \param keyval_separator separator between key and value of map. For default it is the '=>'
//! \param first_bracket data before collection's elements (usual it is the parenthesis, square or curly bracker '(', '[', '{')
//! \param last_bracket data after collection's elements (usual it is the parenthesis, square or curly bracker ')', ']', '}')
USET_TEMPLATE
void print( const Container<Key, Hash, Pred, Alloc>& collection
, const std::string& elem_separator = default_elem_separator
, const std::string& first_bracket = default_first_bracket
, const std::string& last_bracket = default_last_bracket
, std::ostream& os = std::cout
, bool needEndl = true
)
{
typename Container<Key, Hash, Pred, Alloc>::const_iterator it = collection.begin();
BUILD_CONTENT
COMPILE_CONTENT
}
//! Prints collections like std:map<T, U> as in Python
//! supports generic objects of std: map, multimap
//! \param collection which should be printed
//! \param elem_separator the separator which will be inserted between elements of collection
//! \param keyval_separator separator between key and value of map. For default it is the '=>'
//! \param first_bracket data before collection's elements (usual it is the parenthesis, square or curly bracker '(', '[', '{')
//! \param last_bracket data after collection's elements (usual it is the parenthesis, square or curly bracker ')', ']', '}')
MAP_TEMPLATE
void print( const Container<Key, Value>& collection
, const std::string& elem_separator = default_elem_separator
, const std::string& keyval_separator = default_keyval_separator
, const std::string& first_bracket = default_first_bracket
, const std::string& last_bracket = default_last_bracket
, std::ostream& os = std::cout
, bool needEndl = true
)
{
typename Container<Key, Value>::const_iterator it = collection.begin();
BUILD_MAP_CONTENT
COMPILE_CONTENT
}
//! Prints classes like std:unordered_map as in Python
//! \param collection which should be printed
//! \param elem_separator the separator which will be inserted between elements of collection
//! \param keyval_separator separator between key and value of map. For default it is the '=>'
//! \param first_bracket data before collection's elements (usual it is the parenthesis, square or curly bracker '(', '[', '{')
//! \param last_bracket data after collection's elements (usual it is the parenthesis, square or curly bracker ')', ']', '}')
UMAP_TEMPLATE
void print( const Container<Key, Value, Hash, Pred, Alloc>& collection
, const std::string& elem_separator = default_elem_separator
, const std::string& keyval_separator = default_keyval_separator
, const std::string& first_bracket = default_first_bracket
, const std::string& last_bracket = default_last_bracket
, std::ostream& os = std::cout
, bool needEndl = true
)
{
typename Container<Key, Value, Hash, Pred, Alloc>::const_iterator it = collection.begin();
BUILD_MAP_CONTENT
COMPILE_CONTENT
}
//! Prints collections like std:array<T, Size> as in Python
//! \param collection which should be printed
//! \param elem_separator the separator which will be inserted between elements of collection
//! \param keyval_separator separator between key and value of map. For default it is the '=>'
//! \param first_bracket data before collection's elements (usual it is the parenthesis, square or curly bracker '(', '[', '{')
//! \param last_bracket data after collection's elements (usual it is the parenthesis, square or curly bracker ')', ']', '}')
ARRAY_TEMPLATE
void print( const Array<Type, Size>& collection
, const std::string& elem_separator = default_elem_separator
, const std::string& first_bracket = default_first_bracket
, const std::string& last_bracket = default_last_bracket
, std::ostream& os = std::cout
, bool needEndl = true
)
{
typename Array<Type, Size>::const_iterator it = collection.begin();
BUILD_CONTENT
COMPILE_CONTENT
}
//! Removes all whitespaces before data in string.
//! \param str string with data
//! \return string without whitespaces in left part
std::string ltrim(const std::string& str);
//! Removes all whitespaces after data in string
//! \param str string with data
//! \return string without whitespaces in right part
std::string rtrim(const std::string& str);
//! Removes all whitespaces before and after data in string
//! \param str string with data
//! \return string without whitespaces before and after data in string
std::string trim(const std::string& str);
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
////////////////////////ostream logic//////////////////////
/// Should be specified for concrete containers
/// because of another types can be suitable
/// for templates, for example templates break
/// the code like this "cout << string("hello") << endl;"
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
#define PROCESS_VALUE_COLLECTION(os, collection) \
print( collection, \
default_elem_separator, \
default_first_bracket, \
default_last_bracket, \
os, \
false \
); \
#define PROCESS_KEY_VALUE_COLLECTION(os, collection) \
print( collection, \
default_elem_separator, \
default_keyval_separator, \
default_first_bracket, \
default_last_bracket, \
os, \
false \
); \
///< specialization for vector
template<class T>
std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& os, const std::vector<T>& collection)
{
PROCESS_VALUE_COLLECTION(os, collection)
return os;
}
///< specialization for deque
template<class T>
std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& os, const std::deque<T>& collection)
{
PROCESS_VALUE_COLLECTION(os, collection)
return os;
}
///< specialization for list
template<class T>
std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& os, const std::list<T>& collection)
{
PROCESS_VALUE_COLLECTION(os, collection)
return os;
}
///< specialization for set
template<class T>
std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& os, const std::set<T>& collection)
{
PROCESS_VALUE_COLLECTION(os, collection)
return os;
}
///< specialization for multiset
template<class T>
std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& os, const std::multiset<T>& collection)
{
PROCESS_VALUE_COLLECTION(os, collection)
return os;
}
#ifdef MODERN_CPP_AVAILABLE
///< specialization for unordered_map
template<class T>
std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& os, const std::unordered_set<T>& collection)
{
PROCESS_VALUE_COLLECTION(os, collection)
return os;
}
///< specialization for forward_list
template<class T>
std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& os, const std::forward_list<T>& collection)
{
PROCESS_VALUE_COLLECTION(os, collection)
return os;
}
///< specialization for array
template<class T, std::size_t N>
std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& os, const std::array<T, N>& collection)
{
PROCESS_VALUE_COLLECTION(os, collection)
return os;
}
#endif
///< specialization for map, multimap
MAP_TEMPLATE
std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& os, const Container<Key, Value>& collection)
{
PROCESS_KEY_VALUE_COLLECTION(os, collection)
return os;
}
///< specialization for unordered_map
UMAP_TEMPLATE
std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& os, const Container<Key, Value, Hash, Pred, Alloc>& collection)
{
PROCESS_KEY_VALUE_COLLECTION(os, collection)
return os;
}
}
How about for_each + lambda expression:
#include <vector>
#include <algorithm>
// ...
std::vector<char> vec;
// ...
std::for_each(
vec.cbegin(),
vec.cend(),
[] (const char c) {std::cout << c << " ";}
);
// ...
Of course, a range-based for is the most elegant solution for this concrete task, but this one gives many other possibilities as well.
Explanation
The for_each algorithm takes an input range and a callable object, calling this object on every element of the range. An input range is defined by two iterators. A callable object can be a function, a pointer to function, an object of a class which overloads () operator or as in this case, a lambda expression. The parameter for this expression matches the type of the elements from vector.
The beauty of this implementation is the power you get from lambda expressions - you can use this approach for a lot more things than just printing the vector.
This solution was inspired by Marcelo's solution, with a few changes:
#include <iostream>
#include <iterator>
#include <type_traits>
#include <vector>
#include <algorithm>
// This works similar to ostream_iterator, but doesn't print a delimiter after the final item
template<typename T, typename TChar = char, typename TCharTraits = std::char_traits<TChar> >
class pretty_ostream_iterator : public std::iterator<std::output_iterator_tag, void, void, void, void>
{
public:
typedef TChar char_type;
typedef TCharTraits traits_type;
typedef std::basic_ostream<TChar, TCharTraits> ostream_type;
pretty_ostream_iterator(ostream_type &stream, const char_type *delim = NULL)
: _stream(&stream), _delim(delim), _insertDelim(false)
{
}
pretty_ostream_iterator<T, TChar, TCharTraits>& operator=(const T &value)
{
if( _delim != NULL )
{
// Don't insert a delimiter if this is the first time the function is called
if( _insertDelim )
(*_stream) << _delim;
else
_insertDelim = true;
}
(*_stream) << value;
return *this;
}
pretty_ostream_iterator<T, TChar, TCharTraits>& operator*()
{
return *this;
}
pretty_ostream_iterator<T, TChar, TCharTraits>& operator++()
{
return *this;
}
pretty_ostream_iterator<T, TChar, TCharTraits>& operator++(int)
{
return *this;
}
private:
ostream_type *_stream;
const char_type *_delim;
bool _insertDelim;
};
#if _MSC_VER >= 1400
// Declare pretty_ostream_iterator as checked
template<typename T, typename TChar, typename TCharTraits>
struct std::_Is_checked_helper<pretty_ostream_iterator<T, TChar, TCharTraits> > : public std::tr1::true_type
{
};
#endif // _MSC_VER >= 1400
namespace std
{
// Pre-declarations of container types so we don't actually have to include the relevant headers if not needed, speeding up compilation time.
// These aren't necessary if you do actually include the headers.
template<typename T, typename TAllocator> class vector;
template<typename T, typename TAllocator> class list;
template<typename T, typename TTraits, typename TAllocator> class set;
template<typename TKey, typename TValue, typename TTraits, typename TAllocator> class map;
}
// Basic is_container template; specialize to derive from std::true_type for all desired container types
template<typename T> struct is_container : public std::false_type { };
// Mark vector as a container
template<typename T, typename TAllocator> struct is_container<std::vector<T, TAllocator> > : public std::true_type { };
// Mark list as a container
template<typename T, typename TAllocator> struct is_container<std::list<T, TAllocator> > : public std::true_type { };
// Mark set as a container
template<typename T, typename TTraits, typename TAllocator> struct is_container<std::set<T, TTraits, TAllocator> > : public std::true_type { };
// Mark map as a container
template<typename TKey, typename TValue, typename TTraits, typename TAllocator> struct is_container<std::map<TKey, TValue, TTraits, TAllocator> > : public std::true_type { };
// Holds the delimiter values for a specific character type
template<typename TChar>
struct delimiters_values
{
typedef TChar char_type;
const TChar *prefix;
const TChar *delimiter;
const TChar *postfix;
};
// Defines the delimiter values for a specific container and character type
template<typename T, typename TChar>
struct delimiters
{
static const delimiters_values<TChar> values;
};
// Default delimiters
template<typename T> struct delimiters<T, char> { static const delimiters_values<char> values; };
template<typename T> const delimiters_values<char> delimiters<T, char>::values = { "{ ", ", ", " }" };
template<typename T> struct delimiters<T, wchar_t> { static const delimiters_values<wchar_t> values; };
template<typename T> const delimiters_values<wchar_t> delimiters<T, wchar_t>::values = { L"{ ", L", ", L" }" };
// Delimiters for set
template<typename T, typename TTraits, typename TAllocator> struct delimiters<std::set<T, TTraits, TAllocator>, char> { static const delimiters_values<char> values; };
template<typename T, typename TTraits, typename TAllocator> const delimiters_values<char> delimiters<std::set<T, TTraits, TAllocator>, char>::values = { "[ ", ", ", " ]" };
template<typename T, typename TTraits, typename TAllocator> struct delimiters<std::set<T, TTraits, TAllocator>, wchar_t> { static const delimiters_values<wchar_t> values; };
template<typename T, typename TTraits, typename TAllocator> const delimiters_values<wchar_t> delimiters<std::set<T, TTraits, TAllocator>, wchar_t>::values = { L"[ ", L", ", L" ]" };
// Delimiters for pair
template<typename T1, typename T2> struct delimiters<std::pair<T1, T2>, char> { static const delimiters_values<char> values; };
template<typename T1, typename T2> const delimiters_values<char> delimiters<std::pair<T1, T2>, char>::values = { "(", ", ", ")" };
template<typename T1, typename T2> struct delimiters<std::pair<T1, T2>, wchar_t> { static const delimiters_values<wchar_t> values; };
template<typename T1, typename T2> const delimiters_values<wchar_t> delimiters<std::pair<T1, T2>, wchar_t>::values = { L"(", L", ", L")" };
// Functor to print containers. You can use this directly if you want to specificy a non-default delimiters type.
template<typename T, typename TChar = char, typename TCharTraits = std::char_traits<TChar>, typename TDelimiters = delimiters<T, TChar> >
struct print_container_helper
{
typedef TChar char_type;
typedef TDelimiters delimiters_type;
typedef std::basic_ostream<TChar, TCharTraits>& ostream_type;
print_container_helper(const T &container)
: _container(&container)
{
}
void operator()(ostream_type &stream) const
{
if( delimiters_type::values.prefix != NULL )
stream << delimiters_type::values.prefix;
std::copy(_container->begin(), _container->end(), pretty_ostream_iterator<typename T::value_type, TChar, TCharTraits>(stream, delimiters_type::values.delimiter));
if( delimiters_type::values.postfix != NULL )
stream << delimiters_type::values.postfix;
}
private:
const T *_container;
};
// Prints a print_container_helper to the specified stream.
template<typename T, typename TChar, typename TCharTraits, typename TDelimiters>
std::basic_ostream<TChar, TCharTraits>& operator<<(std::basic_ostream<TChar, TCharTraits> &stream, const print_container_helper<T, TChar, TDelimiters> &helper)
{
helper(stream);
return stream;
}
// Prints a container to the stream using default delimiters
template<typename T, typename TChar, typename TCharTraits>
typename std::enable_if<is_container<T>::value, std::basic_ostream<TChar, TCharTraits>&>::type
operator<<(std::basic_ostream<TChar, TCharTraits> &stream, const T &container)
{
stream << print_container_helper<T, TChar, TCharTraits>(container);
return stream;
}
// Prints a pair to the stream using delimiters from delimiters<std::pair<T1, T2>>.
template<typename T1, typename T2, typename TChar, typename TCharTraits>
std::basic_ostream<TChar, TCharTraits>& operator<<(std::basic_ostream<TChar, TCharTraits> &stream, const std::pair<T1, T2> &value)
{
if( delimiters<std::pair<T1, T2>, TChar>::values.prefix != NULL )
stream << delimiters<std::pair<T1, T2>, TChar>::values.prefix;
stream << value.first;
if( delimiters<std::pair<T1, T2>, TChar>::values.delimiter != NULL )
stream << delimiters<std::pair<T1, T2>, TChar>::values.delimiter;
stream << value.second;
if( delimiters<std::pair<T1, T2>, TChar>::values.postfix != NULL )
stream << delimiters<std::pair<T1, T2>, TChar>::values.postfix;
return stream;
}
// Used by the sample below to generate some values
struct fibonacci
{
fibonacci() : f1(0), f2(1) { }
int operator()()
{
int r = f1 + f2;
f1 = f2;
f2 = r;
return f1;
}
private:
int f1;
int f2;
};
int main()
{
std::vector<int> v;
std::generate_n(std::back_inserter(v), 10, fibonacci());
std::cout << v << std::endl;
// Example of using pretty_ostream_iterator directly
std::generate_n(pretty_ostream_iterator<int>(std::cout, ";"), 20, fibonacci());
std::cout << std::endl;
}
Like Marcelo's version, it uses an is_container type trait that must be specialized for all containers that are to be supported. It may be possible to use a trait to check for value_type, const_iterator, begin()/end(), but I'm not sure I'd recommend that since it might match things that match those criteria but aren't actually containers, like std::basic_string. Also like Marcelo's version, it uses templates that can be specialized to specify the delimiters to use.
The major difference is that I've built my version around a pretty_ostream_iterator, which works similar to the std::ostream_iterator but doesn't print a delimiter after the last item. Formatting the containers is done by the print_container_helper, which can be used directly to print containers without an is_container trait, or to specify a different delimiters type.
I've also defined is_container and delimiters so it will work for containers with non-standard predicates or allocators, and for both char and wchar_t. The operator<< function itself is also defined to work with both char and wchar_t streams.
Finally, I've used std::enable_if, which is available as part of C++0x, and works in Visual C++ 2010 and g++ 4.3 (needs the -std=c++0x flag) and later. This way there is no dependency on Boost.
The code proved to be handy on several occasions now and I feel the expense to get into customization as usage is quite low. Thus, I decided to release it under MIT license and provide a GitHub repository where the header and a small example file can be downloaded.
A 'decoration' in terms of this answer is a set of prefix-string, delimiter-string, and a postfix-string. Where the prefix string is inserted into a stream before and the postfix string after the values of a container (see 2. Target containers). The delimiter string is inserted between the values of the respective container.
Note: Actually, this answer does not address the question to 100% since the decoration is not strictly compiled time constant because runtime checks are required to check whether a custom decoration has been applied to the current stream. Nevertheless, I think it has some decent features.
Note2: May have minor bugs since it is not yet well tested.
It is to be kept as easy as
#include <vector>
#include "pretty.h"
int main()
{
std::cout << std::vector<int>{1,2,3,4,5}; // prints 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
return 0;
}
... with respect to a specific stream object
#include <vector>
#include "pretty.h"
int main()
{
// set decoration for std::vector<int> for cout object
std::cout << pretty::decoration<std::vector<int>>("(", ",", ")");
std::cout << std::vector<int>{1,2,3,4,5}; // prints (1,2,3,4,5)
return 0;
}
or with respect to all streams:
#include <vector>
#include "pretty.h"
// set decoration for std::vector<int> for all ostream objects
PRETTY_DEFAULT_DECORATION(std::vector<int>, "{", ", ", "}")
int main()
{
std::cout << std::vector<int>{1,2,3,4,5}; // prints {1, 2, 3, 4, 5}
std::cout << pretty::decoration<std::vector<int>>("(", ",", ")");
std::cout << std::vector<int>{1,2,3,4,5}; // prints (1,2,3,4,5)
return 0;
}
ios_base using xalloc/pword in order to save a pointer to a pretty::decor object specifically decorating a certain type on a certain stream.If no pretty::decor<T> object for this stream has been set up explicitly pretty::defaulted<T, charT, chartraitT>::decoration() is called to obtain the default decoration for the given type.
The class pretty::defaulted is to be specialized to customize default decorations.
Target objects obj for the 'pretty decoration' of this code are objects having either
std::begin and std::end defined (includes C-Style arrays),begin(obj) and end(obj) available via ADL,std::tuple std::pair.The code includes a trait for identification of classes with range features (begin/end).
(There's no check included, whether begin(obj) == end(obj) is a valid expression, though.)
The code provides operator<<s in the global namespace that only apply to classes not having a more specialized version of operator<< available.
Therefore, for example std::string is not printed using the operator in this code although having a valid begin/end pair.
Decorations can be imposed separately for every type (except different tuples) and stream (not stream type!).
(I.e. a std::vector<int> can have different decorations for different stream objects.)
The default prefix is "" (nothing) as is the default postfix, while the default delimiter is ", " (comma+space).
pretty::defaulted class templateThe struct defaulted has a static member function decoration() returning a decor object which includes the default values for the given type.
Customize default array printing:
namespace pretty
{
template<class T, std::size_t N>
struct defaulted<T[N]>
{
static decor<T[N]> decoration()
{
return{ { "(" }, { ":" }, { ")" } };
}
};
}
Print an arry array:
float e[5] = { 3.4f, 4.3f, 5.2f, 1.1f, 22.2f };
std::cout << e << '\n'; // prints (3.4:4.3:5.2:1.1:22.2)
PRETTY_DEFAULT_DECORATION(TYPE, PREFIX, DELIM, POSTFIX, ...) macro for char streamsThe macro expands to
namespace pretty {
template< __VA_ARGS__ >
struct defaulted< TYPE > {
static decor< TYPE > decoration() {
return { PREFIX, DELIM, POSTFIX };
}
};
}
enabling the above partial specialization to be rewritten to
PRETTY_DEFAULT_DECORATION(T[N], "", ";", "", class T, std::size_t N)
or inserting a full specialization like
PRETTY_DEFAULT_DECORATION(std::vector<int>, "(", ", ", ")")
Another macro for wchar_t streams is included: PRETTY_DEFAULT_WDECORATION.
The function pretty::decoration is used to impose a decoration on a certain stream.
There are overloads taking either
- one string argument being the delimiter (adopting prefix and postfix from the defaulted class)
- or three string arguments assembling the complete decoration
float e[3] = { 3.4f, 4.3f, 5.2f };
std::stringstream u;
// add { ; } decoration to u
u << pretty::decoration<float[3]>("{", "; ", "}");
// use { ; } decoration
u << e << '\n'; // prints {3.4; 4.3; 5.2}
// uses decoration returned by defaulted<float[3]>::decoration()
std::cout << e; // prints 3.4, 4.3, 5.2
PRETTY_DEFAULT_DECORATION(float[3], "{{{", ",", "}}}")
std::stringstream v;
v << e; // prints {{{3.4,4.3,5.2}}}
v << pretty::decoration<float[3]>(":");
v << e; // prints {{{3.4:4.3:5.2}}}
v << pretty::decoration<float[3]>("((", "=", "))");
v << e; // prints ((3.4=4.3=5.2))
std::tupleInstead of allowing a specialization for every possible tuple type, this code applies any decoration available for std::tuple<void*> to all kind of std::tuple<...>s.
To go back to the defaulted decoration for a given type use pretty::clear function template on the stream s.
s << pretty::clear<std::vector<int>>();
Printing "matrix-like" with newline delimiter
std::vector<std::vector<int>> m{ {1,2,3}, {4,5,6}, {7,8,9} };
std::cout << pretty::decoration<std::vector<std::vector<int>>>("\n");
std::cout << m;
Prints
1, 2, 3
4, 5, 6
7, 8, 9
#ifndef pretty_print_0x57547_sa4884X_0_1_h_guard_
#define pretty_print_0x57547_sa4884X_0_1_h_guard_
#include <string>
#include <iostream>
#include <type_traits>
#include <iterator>
#include <utility>
#define PRETTY_DEFAULT_DECORATION(TYPE, PREFIX, DELIM, POSTFIX, ...) \
namespace pretty { template< __VA_ARGS__ >\
struct defaulted< TYPE > {\
static decor< TYPE > decoration(){\
return { PREFIX, DELIM, POSTFIX };\
} /*decoration*/ }; /*defaulted*/} /*pretty*/
#define PRETTY_DEFAULT_WDECORATION(TYPE, PREFIX, DELIM, POSTFIX, ...) \
namespace pretty { template< __VA_ARGS__ >\
struct defaulted< TYPE, wchar_t, std::char_traits<wchar_t> > {\
static decor< TYPE, wchar_t, std::char_traits<wchar_t> > decoration(){\
return { PREFIX, DELIM, POSTFIX };\
} /*decoration*/ }; /*defaulted*/} /*pretty*/
namespace pretty
{
namespace detail
{
// drag in begin and end overloads
using std::begin;
using std::end;
// helper template
template <int I> using _ol = std::integral_constant<int, I>*;
// SFINAE check whether T is a range with begin/end
template<class T>
class is_range
{
// helper function declarations using expression sfinae
template <class U, _ol<0> = nullptr>
static std::false_type b(...);
template <class U, _ol<1> = nullptr>
static auto b(U &v) -> decltype(begin(v), std::true_type());
template <class U, _ol<0> = nullptr>
static std::false_type e(...);
template <class U, _ol<1> = nullptr>
static auto e(U &v) -> decltype(end(v), std::true_type());
// return types
using b_return = decltype(b<T>(std::declval<T&>()));
using e_return = decltype(e<T>(std::declval<T&>()));
public:
static const bool value = b_return::value && e_return::value;
};
}
// holder class for data
template<class T, class CharT = char, class TraitT = std::char_traits<CharT>>
struct decor
{
static const int xindex;
std::basic_string<CharT, TraitT> prefix, delimiter, postfix;
decor(std::basic_string<CharT, TraitT> const & pre = "",
std::basic_string<CharT, TraitT> const & delim = "",
std::basic_string<CharT, TraitT> const & post = "")
: prefix(pre), delimiter(delim), postfix(post) {}
};
template<class T, class charT, class traits>
int const decor<T, charT, traits>::xindex = std::ios_base::xalloc();
namespace detail
{
template<class T, class CharT, class TraitT>
void manage_decor(std::ios_base::event evt, std::ios_base &s, int const idx)
{
using deco_type = decor<T, CharT, TraitT>;
if (evt == std::ios_base::erase_event)
{ // erase deco
void const * const p = s.pword(idx);
if (p)
{
delete static_cast<deco_type const * const>(p);
s.pword(idx) = nullptr;
}
}
else if (evt == std::ios_base::copyfmt_event)
{ // copy deco
void const * const p = s.pword(idx);
if (p)
{
auto np = new deco_type{ *static_cast<deco_type const * const>(p) };
s.pword(idx) = static_cast<void*>(np);
}
}
}
template<class T> struct clearer {};
template<class T, class CharT, class TraitT>
std::basic_ostream<CharT, TraitT>& operator<< (
std::basic_ostream<CharT, TraitT> &s, clearer<T> const &)
{
using deco_type = decor<T, CharT, TraitT>;
void const * const p = s.pword(deco_type::xindex);
if (p)
{ // delete if set
delete static_cast<deco_type const *>(p);
s.pword(deco_type::xindex) = nullptr;
}
return s;
}
template <class CharT>
struct default_data { static const CharT * decor[3]; };
template <>
const char * default_data<char>::decor[3] = { "", ", ", "" };
template <>
const wchar_t * default_data<wchar_t>::decor[3] = { L"", L", ", L"" };
}
// Clear decoration for T
template<class T>
detail::clearer<T> clear() { return{}; }
template<class T, class CharT, class TraitT>
void clear(std::basic_ostream<CharT, TraitT> &s) { s << detail::clearer<T>{}; }
// impose decoration on ostream
template<class T, class CharT, class TraitT>
std::basic_ostream<CharT, TraitT>& operator<<(
std::basic_ostream<CharT, TraitT> &s, decor<T, CharT, TraitT> && h)
{
using deco_type = decor<T, CharT, TraitT>;
void const * const p = s.pword(deco_type::xindex);
// delete if already set
if (p) delete static_cast<deco_type const *>(p);
s.pword(deco_type::xindex) = static_cast<void *>(new deco_type{ std::move(h) });
// check whether we alread have a callback registered
if (s.iword(deco_type::xindex) == 0)
{ // if this is not the case register callback and set iword
s.register_callback(detail::manage_decor<T, CharT, TraitT>, deco_type::xindex);
s.iword(deco_type::xindex) = 1;
}
return s;
}
template<class T, class CharT = char, class TraitT = std::char_traits<CharT>>
struct defaulted
{
static inline decor<T, CharT, TraitT> decoration()
{
return{ detail::default_data<CharT>::decor[0],
detail::default_data<CharT>::decor[1],
detail::default_data<CharT>::decor[2] };
}
};
template<class T, class CharT = char, class TraitT = std::char_traits<CharT>>
decor<T, CharT, TraitT> decoration(
std::basic_string<CharT, TraitT> const & prefix,
std::basic_string<CharT, TraitT> const & delimiter,
std::basic_string<CharT, TraitT> const & postfix)
{
return{ prefix, delimiter, postfix };
}
template<class T, class CharT = char,
class TraitT = std::char_traits < CharT >>
decor<T, CharT, TraitT> decoration(
std::basic_string<CharT, TraitT> const & delimiter)
{
using str_type = std::basic_string<CharT, TraitT>;
return{ defaulted<T, CharT, TraitT>::decoration().prefix,
delimiter, defaulted<T, CharT, TraitT>::decoration().postfix };
}
template<class T, class CharT = char,
class TraitT = std::char_traits < CharT >>
decor<T, CharT, TraitT> decoration(CharT const * const prefix,
CharT const * const delimiter, CharT const * const postfix)
{
using str_type = std::basic_string<CharT, TraitT>;
return{ str_type{ prefix }, str_type{ delimiter }, str_type{ postfix } };
}
template<class T, class CharT = char,
class TraitT = std::char_traits < CharT >>
decor<T, CharT, TraitT> decoration(CharT const * const delimiter)
{
using str_type = std::basic_string<CharT, TraitT>;
return{ defaulted<T, CharT, TraitT>::decoration().prefix,
str_type{ delimiter }, defaulted<T, CharT, TraitT>::decoration().postfix };
}
template<typename T, std::size_t N, std::size_t L>
struct tuple
{
template<class CharT, class TraitT>
static void print(std::basic_ostream<CharT, TraitT>& s, T const & value,
std::basic_string<CharT, TraitT> const &delimiter)
{
s << std::get<N>(value) << delimiter;
tuple<T, N + 1, L>::print(s, value, delimiter);
}
};
template<typename T, std::size_t N>
struct tuple<T, N, N>
{
template<class CharT, class TraitT>
static void print(std::basic_ostream<CharT, TraitT>& s, T const & value,
std::basic_string<CharT, TraitT> const &) {
s << std::get<N>(value);
}
};
}
template<class CharT, class TraitT>
std::basic_ostream<CharT, TraitT> & operator<< (
std::basic_ostream<CharT, TraitT> &s, std::tuple<> const & v)
{
using deco_type = pretty::decor<std::tuple<void*>, CharT, TraitT>;
using defaulted_type = pretty::defaulted<std::tuple<void*>, CharT, TraitT>;
void const * const p = s.pword(deco_type::xindex);
auto const d = static_cast<deco_type const * const>(p);
s << (d ? d->prefix : defaulted_type::decoration().prefix);
s << (d ? d->postfix : defaulted_type::decoration().postfix);
return s;
}
template<class CharT, class TraitT, class ... T>
std::basic_ostream<CharT, TraitT> & operator<< (
std::basic_ostream<CharT, TraitT> &s, std::tuple<T...> const & v)
{
using deco_type = pretty::decor<std::tuple<void*>, CharT, TraitT>;
using defaulted_type = pretty::defaulted<std::tuple<void*>, CharT, TraitT>;
using pretty_tuple = pretty::tuple<std::tuple<T...>, 0U, sizeof...(T)-1U>;
void const * const p = s.pword(deco_type::xindex);
auto const d = static_cast<deco_type const * const>(p);
s << (d ? d->prefix : defaulted_type::decoration().prefix);
pretty_tuple::print(s, v, d ? d->delimiter :
defaulted_type::decoration().delimiter);
s << (d ? d->postfix : defaulted_type::decoration().postfix);
return s;
}
template<class T, class U, class CharT, class TraitT>
std::basic_ostream<CharT, TraitT> & operator<< (
std::basic_ostream<CharT, TraitT> &s, std::pair<T, U> const & v)
{
using deco_type = pretty::decor<std::pair<T, U>, CharT, TraitT>;
using defaulted_type = pretty::defaulted<std::pair<T, U>, CharT, TraitT>;
void const * const p = s.pword(deco_type::xindex);
auto const d = static_cast<deco_type const * const>(p);
s << (d ? d->prefix : defaulted_type::decoration().prefix);
s << v.first;
s << (d ? d->delimiter : defaulted_type::decoration().delimiter);
s << v.second;
s << (d ? d->postfix : defaulted_type::decoration().postfix);
return s;
}
template<class T, class CharT = char,
class TraitT = std::char_traits < CharT >>
typename std::enable_if < pretty::detail::is_range<T>::value,
std::basic_ostream < CharT, TraitT >> ::type & operator<< (
std::basic_ostream<CharT, TraitT> &s, T const & v)
{
bool first(true);
using deco_type = pretty::decor<T, CharT, TraitT>;
using default_type = pretty::defaulted<T, CharT, TraitT>;
void const * const p = s.pword(deco_type::xindex);
auto d = static_cast<pretty::decor<T, CharT, TraitT> const * const>(p);
s << (d ? d->prefix : default_type::decoration().prefix);
for (auto const & e : v)
{ // v is range thus range based for works
if (!first) s << (d ? d->delimiter : default_type::decoration().delimiter);
s << e;
first = false;
}
s << (d ? d->postfix : default_type::decoration().postfix);
return s;
}
#endif // pretty_print_0x57547_sa4884X_0_1_h_guard_
The problem is probably in the previous loop:
(x = 17; isalpha(firstsquare); x++)
This loop will run not at all (if firstsquare is non-alphabetic) or will run forever (if it is alphabetic). The reason is that firstsquare doesn't change as x is incremented.
You can format containers as well as ranges and tuples using the {fmt} library. For example:
#include <vector>
#include <fmt/ranges.h>
int main() {
std::vector<char> path;
for (int c = 'a'; c <= 'z'; ++c)
path.push_back(c);
fmt::print("{}", path);
}
prints
{'a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e', 'f', 'g', 'h', 'i', 'j', 'k', 'l', 'm', 'n', 'o', 'p', 'q', 'r', 's', 't', 'u', 'v', 'w', 'x', 'y', 'z'}
to stdout (godbolt).
Alternatively you can iterate over the elements and print them individually.
Disclaimer: I'm the author of {fmt}.
You can write your own function:
void printVec(vector<char> vec){
for(int i = 0; i < vec.size(); i++){
cout << vec[i] << " ";
}
cout << endl;
}
For those that are interested: I wrote a generalized solution that takes the best of both worlds, is more generalized to any type of range and puts quotes around non-arithmetic types (desired for string-like types). Additionally, this approach should not have any ADL issues and also avoid 'surprises' (since it's added explicitly on a case-by-case basis):
template <typename T>
inline constexpr bool is_string_type_v = std::is_convertible_v<const T&, std::string_view>;
template<class T>
struct range_out {
range_out(T& range) : r_(range) {
}
T& r_;
static_assert(!::is_string_type_v<T>, "strings and string-like types should use operator << directly");
};
template <typename T>
std::ostream& operator<< (std::ostream& out, range_out<T>& range) {
constexpr bool is_string_like = is_string_type_v<T::value_type>;
constexpr std::string_view sep{ is_string_like ? "', '" : ", " };
if (!range.r_.empty()) {
out << (is_string_like ? "['" : "[");
out << *range.r_.begin();
for (auto it = range.r_.begin() + 1; it != range.r_.end(); ++it) {
out << sep << *it;
}
out << (is_string_like ? "']" : "]");
}
else {
out << "[]";
}
return out;
}
Now it's fairly easy to use on any range:
std::cout << range_out{ my_vector };
The string-like check leaves room for improvement.
I do also have static_assert check in my solution to avoid std::basic_string<>, but I left it out here for simplicity.
Source: Stackoverflow.com