STL - an algorithm for finding a collection within a collection?

[Dylan]

Is there an STL algorithm that will return true if each element in
coll1 is present in coll2

[Jerry Coffin]

Dylan wrote:

Is there an STL algorithm that will return true if each element in
coll1 is present in coll2

I don't know of one specifically for this, but if this was the case,
the result from set_difference would be empty (this requires both
collections to be sorted).

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Later,
Jerry.

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[Ioannis Vranos]

Dylan wrote:

Is there an STL algorithm that will return true if each element in
coll1 is present in coll2

If you want to check if the sequences are exactly the same, use std::equal.
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Ioannis Vranos

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[Paul Dubuc]

Dylan wrote:

Is there an STL algorithm that will return true if each element in
coll1 is present in coll2

I think this requires sorted elements. I would use the std::mismatch()
algorithm. With the pair of iterators it returns you can tell if the containers
have equal contents or if one is a subset of the other.

--
Paul M. Dubuc

[kwijibo28]

Dylan <sp******@ontheball.com> wrote in message news:<gp********************************@4ax.com>. ..

Is there an STL algorithm that will return true if each element in
coll1 is present in coll2

Look at:
http://www.sgi.com/tech/stl/includes.html

kwijibo

[Daniel T.]

In article <gp********************************@4ax.com>,
Dylan <sp******@ontheball.com> wrote:

Is there an STL algorithm that will return true if each element in
coll1 is present in coll2

template <class InputIterator1, class InputIterator2>
bool includes(InputIterator1 first1, InputIterator1 last1,
InputIterator2 first2, InputIterator2 last2);

template <class InputIterator1, class InputIterator2,
class StrictWeakOrdering>
bool includes(InputIterator1 first1, InputIterator1 last1,
InputIterator2 first2, InputIterator2 last2,
StrictWeakOrdering comp);

Includes tests whether one sorted range includes another sorted range.
That is, it returns true if and only if, for every element in [first2,
last2), an equivalent element [1] is also present in [first1, last1)
[2]. Both [first1, last1) and [first2, last2) must be sorted in
ascending order.