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34</p> 35<pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">ForwardRange</span><span class="special">></span> 36<span class="keyword">typename</span> <span class="identifier">range_iterator</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">ForwardRange</span><span class="special">>::</span><span class="identifier">type</span> 37<span class="identifier">max_element</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">ForwardRange</span><span class="special">&</span> <span class="identifier">rng</span><span class="special">);</span> 38 39<span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">ForwardRange</span><span class="special">></span> 40<span class="keyword">typename</span> <span class="identifier">range_iterator</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">ForwardRange</span><span class="special">>::</span><span class="identifier">type</span> 41<span class="identifier">max_element</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">ForwardRange</span><span class="special">&</span> <span class="identifier">rng</span><span class="special">);</span> 42 43<span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">ForwardRange</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">BinaryPredicate</span><span class="special">></span> 44<span class="keyword">typename</span> <span class="identifier">range_iterator</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">ForwardRange</span><span class="special">>::</span><span class="identifier">type</span> 45<span class="identifier">max_element</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">ForwardRange</span><span class="special">&</span> <span class="identifier">rng</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">BinaryPredicate</span> <span class="identifier">pred</span><span class="special">);</span> 46 47<span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">ForwardRange</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">BinaryPredicate</span><span class="special">></span> 48<span class="keyword">typename</span> <span class="identifier">range_iterator</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">ForwardRange</span><span class="special">>::</span><span class="identifier">type</span> 49<span class="identifier">max_element</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">ForwardRange</span><span class="special">&</span> <span class="identifier">rng</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">BinaryPredicate</span> <span class="identifier">pred</span><span class="special">);</span> 50 51 52<span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special"><</span> 53 <span class="identifier">range_return_value</span> <span class="identifier">re</span><span class="special">,</span> 54 <span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">ForwardRange</span> 55 <span class="special">></span> 56<span class="keyword">typename</span> <span class="identifier">range_return</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">ForwardRange</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">re</span><span class="special">>::</span><span class="identifier">type</span> 57<span class="identifier">max_element</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">ForwardRange</span><span class="special">&</span> <span class="identifier">rng</span><span class="special">);</span> 58 59<span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special"><</span> 60 <span class="identifier">range_return_value_re</span><span class="special">,</span> 61 <span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">ForwardRange</span> 62 <span class="special">></span> 63<span class="keyword">typename</span> <span class="identifier">range_return</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">ForwardRange</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">re</span><span class="special">>::</span><span class="identifier">type</span> 64<span class="identifier">max_element</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">ForwardRange</span><span class="special">&</span> <span class="identifier">rng</span><span class="special">);</span> 65 66<span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special"><</span> 67 <span class="identifier">range_return_value</span> <span class="identifier">re</span><span class="special">,</span> 68 <span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">ForwardRange</span><span class="special">,</span> 69 <span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">BinaryPredicate</span> 70 <span class="special">></span> 71<span class="keyword">typename</span> <span class="identifier">range_return</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">ForwardRange</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">re</span><span class="special">>::</span><span class="identifier">type</span> 72<span class="identifier">max_element</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">ForwardRange</span><span class="special">&</span> <span class="identifier">rng</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">BinaryPredicate</span> <span class="identifier">pred</span><span class="special">);</span> 73 74<span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special"><</span> 75 <span class="identifier">range_return_value</span> <span class="identifier">re</span><span class="special">,</span> 76 <span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">ForwardRange</span><span class="special">,</span> 77 <span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">BinaryPredicate</span> 78 <span class="special">></span> 79<span class="keyword">typename</span> <span class="identifier">range_return</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">ForwardRange</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">re</span><span class="special">>::</span><span class="identifier">type</span> 80<span class="identifier">max_element</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">ForwardRange</span><span class="special">&</span> <span class="identifier">rng</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">BinaryPredicate</span> <span class="identifier">pred</span><span class="special">);</span> 81</pre> 82<p> 83 </p> 84<h6> 85<a name="range.reference.algorithms.non_mutating.max_element.h1"></a> 86 <span class="phrase"><a name="range.reference.algorithms.non_mutating.max_element.description"></a></span><a class="link" href="max_element.html#range.reference.algorithms.non_mutating.max_element.description">Description</a> 87 </h6> 88<p> 89 The versions of <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">max_element</span></code> 90 that return an iterator, return the iterator to the maximum value as 91 determined by using <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">operator</span><span class="special"><</span></code> if a predicate is not supplied. Otherwise 92 the predicate <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">pred</span></code> is 93 used to determine the maximum value. The versions of <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">max_element</span></code> 94 that return a <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">range_return</span></code>, 95 defines <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">found</span></code> in the 96 same manner as the returned iterator described above. 97 </p> 98<h6> 99<a name="range.reference.algorithms.non_mutating.max_element.h2"></a> 100 <span class="phrase"><a name="range.reference.algorithms.non_mutating.max_element.definition"></a></span><a class="link" href="max_element.html#range.reference.algorithms.non_mutating.max_element.definition">Definition</a> 101 </h6> 102<p> 103 Defined in the header file <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">range</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">algorithm</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">max_element</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">hpp</span></code> 104 </p> 105<h6> 106<a name="range.reference.algorithms.non_mutating.max_element.h3"></a> 107 <span class="phrase"><a name="range.reference.algorithms.non_mutating.max_element.requirements"></a></span><a class="link" href="max_element.html#range.reference.algorithms.non_mutating.max_element.requirements">Requirements</a> 108 </h6> 109<p> 110 <span class="bold"><strong>For the non-predicate versions:</strong></span> 111 </p> 112<div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; "> 113<li class="listitem"> 114 <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">ForwardRange</span></code> is a 115 model of the <a class="link" href="../../../concepts/forward_range.html" title="Forward Range">Forward 116 Range</a> Concept. 117 </li> 118<li class="listitem"> 119 <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">ForwardRange</span></code>'s value 120 type is a model of the <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">LessThanComparableConcept</span></code>. 121 </li> 122</ul></div> 123<p> 124 <span class="bold"><strong>For the predicate versions:</strong></span> 125 </p> 126<div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; "> 127<li class="listitem"> 128 <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">ForwardRange</span></code> is a 129 model of the <a class="link" href="../../../concepts/forward_range.html" title="Forward Range">Forward 130 Range</a> Concept. 131 </li> 132<li class="listitem"> 133 <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">BinaryPredicate</span></code> is 134 a model of the <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">BinaryPredicateConcept</span></code>. 135 </li> 136<li class="listitem"> 137 <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">ForwardRange</span></code>'s value 138 type is convertible to both of <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">BinaryPredicate</span></code>'s 139 argument types. 140 </li> 141</ul></div> 142<h6> 143<a name="range.reference.algorithms.non_mutating.max_element.h4"></a> 144 <span class="phrase"><a name="range.reference.algorithms.non_mutating.max_element.complexity"></a></span><a class="link" href="max_element.html#range.reference.algorithms.non_mutating.max_element.complexity">Complexity</a> 145 </h6> 146<p> 147 Linear. Zero comparisons if <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">empty</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">rng</span><span class="special">)</span></code>, otherwise <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">distance</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">rng</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">-</span> <span class="number">1</span></code> 148 comparisons. 149 </p> 150</div> 151<table xmlns:rev="http://www.cs.rpi.edu/~gregod/boost/tools/doc/revision" width="100%"><tr> 152<td align="left"></td> 153<td align="right"><div class="copyright-footer">Copyright © 2003-2010 Thorsten Ottosen, 154 Neil Groves<p> 155 Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0. 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