I just ran into std::rank and I don't really understand what it could be used for. I understand what it does, but can someone please give me a few use cases for it? I wasn't able to find anything useful on a search here.
Nice question.
I'm trying to learn C++11, so I could write something silly but ... suppose you want find the maximum value in a multidimensional array.
I tried to answer this question with std::rank
(and SFINAE)
#include <iterator>
#include <iostream>
#include <type_traits>
template <typename X,
typename = typename std::enable_if<0U == std::rank<X>::value>::type>
X maxRank (X const & x)
{ return x; }
template <typename X,
typename = typename std::enable_if<0U != std::rank<X>::value>::type>
typename std::remove_all_extents<X>::type maxRank (X const & x)
{
auto it = std::begin(x);
auto ret = maxRank(*it);
for ( ; it != std::end(x) ; ++it )
{
auto val = maxRank(*it);
if ( val > ret )
ret = val;
}
return ret;
}
int main ()
{
int a0 = 12;
short a1[] = { 23, 7, 42, -19, 0, 95 };
unsigned a2[][2] = { {8U, 9U}, {0U, 77U}, {11U, 9U}, {5U, 3U} };
long a3[][3][2] = { { {123L, 3L}, {-45L, 77L}, {-12L, 678L} },
{ {1L, -54L}, {23L, 99L}, {56L, 1234L} },
{ {-4L, -12L}, {1L, 0L}, {122L, 19L} },
{ {2L, 23L}, {55L, 19L}, {2L, 99L} } };
std::cout << "maxRank a0 = " << maxRank(a0) << '\n';
std::cout << "maxRank a1 = " << maxRank(a1) << '\n';
std::cout << "maxRank a2 = " << maxRank(a2) << '\n';
std::cout << "maxRank a3 = " << maxRank(a3) << '\n';
return 0;
}
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