minus


A binary function object that returns the result of subtracting its second operand from its first operand.

Library

Standards<ToolKit>

Declaration


#include <functional>

template< class T >
struct minus : binary_function< T, T, T >

Interface

()
T operator()( const T& x , const T& y ) const
Returns x - y .
Example <ospace/osstd/examples/minus.cpp>
#include <iostream>
#include <algorithm>
#include <functional>

int input1[ 4 ] = { 1, 5, 7, 8 };
int input2[ 4 ] = { 1, 4, 8, 3 };

void
main()
  {
  int output[ 4 ];

  transform( input1, input1 + 4, input2, output, minus< int >() );

  for ( int i = 0; i < 4; ++i )
    cout << output[ i ] << "\n";
  }

0
1
-1
5

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