std::mismatch

 

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all_ofany_ofnone_of (C++11)(C++11)(C++11) for_each countcount_if mismatch equal	findfind_iffind_if_not (C++11) find_end find_first_of adjacent_find search search_n
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copycopy_if (C++11) copy_n (C++11) copy_backward move (C++11) move_backward (C++11) fill fill_n transform generate generate_n removeremove_if remove_copyremove_copy_if	replacereplace_if replace_copyreplace_copy_if swap swap_ranges iter_swap reverse reverse_copy rotate rotate_copy random_shuffleshuffle  (C++11) unique unique_copy
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is_partitioned (C++11) partition partition_copy (C++11)	stable_partition partition_point (C++11)
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is_sorted (C++11) is_sorted_until (C++11) sort	partial_sort partial_sort_copy stable_sort nth_element
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lower_bound upper_bound	binary_search equal_range
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merge inplace_merge includes	set_difference set_intersection set_symmetric_difference set_union
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is_heap (C++11) is_heap_until (C++11) make_heap	push_heap pop_heap sort_heap
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max max_element min min_element minmax (C++11) minmax_element (C++11)	lexicographical_compare is_permutation (C++11) next_permutation prev_permutation
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iota (C++11) accumulate inner_product	adjacent_difference partial_sum
C library
qsort	bsearch

 

Defined in header <algorithm>
template< class InputIt1, class InputIt2 > std::pair<InputIt1,InputIt2>     mismatch( InputIt1 first1, InputIt1 last1,               InputIt2 first2 );	(1)
template< class InputIt1, class InputIt2, class BinaryPredicate > std::pair<InputIt1,InputIt2>     mismatch( InputIt1 first1, InputIt1 last1,               InputIt2 first2,               BinaryPredicate p );	(2)
template< class InputIt1, class InputIt2 > std::pair<InputIt1,InputIt2>     mismatch( InputIt1 first1, InputIt1 last1,               InputIt2 first2, InputIt2 last2 );	(3)	(since C++14)
template< class InputIt1, class InputIt2, class BinaryPredicate > std::pair<InputIt1,InputIt2>     mismatch( InputIt1 first1, InputIt1 last1,               InputIt2 first2, InputIt2 last2,               BinaryPredicate p );	(4)	(since C++14)

Returns the first mismatching pair of elements from two ranges: one defined by [first1, last1) and another defined by [first2,last2). If last2 is not provided (overloads (1) and (2)), it denotes first2 + (last1 - first1).

Overloads (1) and (3) use operator== to compare the elements, the overloads (2) and (4) use the given binary predicate p.

Parameters

first1, last1	-	the first range of the elements
first2, last2	-	the second range of the elements
p	-	binary predicate which returns ​true if the elements should be treated as equal. The signature of the predicate function should be equivalent to the following:  bool pred(const Type1 &a, const Type2 &b); The signature does not need to have const &, but the function must not modify the objects passed to it. The types Type1 and Type2 must be such that objects of types InputIt1 and InputIt2 can be dereferenced and then implicitly converted to Type1 and Type2 respectively. ​
Type requirements
- InputIt1 must meet the requirements of InputIterator.
- InputIt2 must meet the requirements of InputIterator.
- BinaryPredicate must meet the requirements of BinaryPredicate.

Return value

std::pair with iterators to the first two non-equivalent elements.

If no mismatches are found when the comparison reaches last1, the pair holds last1 and the corresponding iterator from the second range. The behavior is undefined if the second range is shorter than the first range.	(until C++14)
If no mismatches are found when the comparison reaches last1 or last2, whichever happens first, the pair holds the end iterator and the corresponding iterator from the other range.	(since C++14)

Complexity

At most last1 - first1 applications of the predicate

Possible implementation

First version
template<class InputIt1, class InputIt2> std::pair<InputIt1, InputIt2> mismatch(InputIt1 first1, InputIt1 last1, InputIt2 first2) { while (first1 != last1 && *first1 == *first2) { ++first1, ++first2; } return std::make_pair(first1, first2); }
Second version
template<class InputIt1, class InputIt2, class BinaryPredicate> std::pair<InputIt1, InputIt2> mismatch(InputIt1 first1, InputIt1 last1, InputIt2 first2, BinaryPredicate p) { while (first1 != last1 && p(*first1, *first2)) { ++first1, ++first2; } return std::make_pair(first1, first2); }

Example

This program determines the longest substring that is simultaneously found at the very beginning of the given string and at the very end of it, in reverse order (possibly overlapping)

Run this code

#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <algorithm>
 
std::string mirror_ends(const std::string& in)
{
    return std::string(in.begin(),
                       std::mismatch(in.begin(), in.end(), in.rbegin()).first);
}
 
int main()
{
    std::cout << mirror_ends("abXYZba") << '\n'
              << mirror_ends("abca") << '\n'
              << mirror_ends("aba") << '\n';
}

Output:

ab
a
aba

See also

equal	determines if two sets of elements are the same (function template)
findfind_iffind_if_not (C++11)	finds the first element satisfying specific criteria (function template)
lexicographical_compare	returns true if one range is lexicographically less than another (function template)
search	searches for a range of elements (function template)