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# std::unique_copy

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Defined in header `<algorithm>` |  |
template< class InputIt, class OutputIt > OutputIt unique_copy( InputIt first, InputIt last, OutputIt d_first ); | (1) |
template< class InputIt, class OutputIt, class BinaryPredicate > OutputIt unique_copy( InputIt first, InputIt last, OutputIt d_first, BinaryPredicate p ); | (2) |

Copies the elements from the range `[first, last)`, to another range beginning at `d_first` in such a way that there are no consecutive equal elements. Only the first element of each group of equal elements is copied. The first version uses `operator==` to compare the elements, the second version uses the given binary predicate `p`.

### [edit] Parameters

first, last | - | the range of elements to process
d_first | - | the beginning of the destination range
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 an object of type InputIt can be dereferenced and then implicitly converted to both of them. ​
Type requirements
- `InputIt` must meet the requirements of `InputIterator`.
- `OutputIt` must meet the requirements of `OutputIterator`.
- The type of dereferenced `InputIt` must meet the requirements of `CopyAssignable`. if InputIt does not satisfy `ForwardIterator`
- The type of dereferenced `InputIt` must meet the requirements of `CopyConstructible`. if neither InputIt nor OutputIt satisfies `ForwardIterator`, or if InputIt does not satisfy `ForwardIterator` and the value type of InputIt differs from that of OutputIt

### [edit] Return value

Output iterator to the element past the last written element

### [edit] Complexity

For nonempty ranges, exactly std::distance(first, last) - 1 applications of the corresponding comparator.

### [edit] Notes

If InputIt satisfies `ForwardIterator`, this function rereads the input in order to detect duplicates.

Otherwise, if OutputIt satisfies `ForwardIterator`, and the value type of InputIt is the same as that of OutputIt, this function compare `*d_first` to `*first`.

Otherwise, this function compares `*first` to a local element copy.

### [edit] Example

Run this code

    #include <string>
    #include <iostream>
    #include <algorithm>
    #include <iterator>

    int main()
    {
        std::string s1 = "The      string    with many       spaces!";
        std::cout << "before: " << s1 << '\n';

        std::string s2;
        std::unique_copy(s1.begin(), s1.end(), std::back_inserter(s2),
                         [](char c1, char c2){ return c1 == ' ' && c2 == ' '; });

        std::cout << "after:  " << s2 << '\n';
    }

Output:

    before: The      string    with many       spaces!
    after:  The string with many spaces!

### [edit] See also

adjacent_find | finds the first two adjacent items that are equal (or satisfy a given predicate) (function template) [edit]
unique | removes consecutive duplicate elements in a range (function template) [edit]
std::experimental::parallel::unique_copy (parallelism TS) | parallelized version of `std::unique_copy` (function template) [edit]

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