The following code example is taken from the book
The C++ Standard Library - A Tutorial and Reference, 2nd Edition
by Nicolai M. Josuttis, Addison Wesley Longman, 2012
Copyright © 2012 by Pearson Education, Inc. and Nicolai M. Josuttis
#include "algostuff.hpp"
using namespace std;
// function object to process the mean value
class MeanValue {
private:
long num; // number of elements
long sum; // sum of all element values
public:
// constructor
MeanValue () : num(0), sum(0) {
}
// function call
// - process one more element of the sequence
void operator() (int elem) {
num++; // increment count
sum += elem; // add value
}
// return mean value (implicit type conversion)
operator double() {
return static_cast<double>(sum) / static_cast<double>(num);
}
};
int main()
{
vector<int> coll;
INSERT_ELEMENTS(coll,1,8);
// process and print mean value
double mv = for_each (coll.begin(), coll.end(), // range
MeanValue()); // operation
cout << "mean value: " << mv << endl;
}