std::unary_function is a base class for creating function objects with one argument.

std::unary_function does not define operator(); it is expected that derived classes will define this. std::unary_function provides only two types - argument_type and result_type - defined by the template parameters.

Some standard library function object adaptors, such as std::not1, require the function objects they adapt to have certain types defined; std::not1 requires the function object being adapted to have a type named argument_type. Deriving function objects that take one argument from std::unary_function is an easy way to make them compatible with those adaptors.

std::unary_function is deprecated in C++11.

Member types

Example

#include <algorithm>
#include <functional>
#include <iostream>
#include <vector>

struct less_than_7 : std::unary_function<int, bool>
{
    bool operator()(int i) const { return i < 7; }
};

int main()
{
    std::vector<int> v(10, 7);
    v[0] = v[1] = v[2] = 6;
 
    std::cout << std::count_if(v.begin(), v.end(), std::not1(less_than_7()));
 
    // C++11 solution:
    // Cast to std::function<bool (int)> somehow - even with a lambda
    // std::cout << std::count_if(v.begin(), v.end(),
    //     std::not1(std::function<bool (int)>([](int i) { return i < 7; })));
}

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