[alg.adjacent.find]

# 26 Algorithms library [[algorithms]](./#algorithms)

## 26.6 Non-modifying sequence operations [[alg.nonmodifying]](alg.nonmodifying#alg.adjacent.find)

### 26.6.10 Adjacent find [alg.adjacent.find]

[🔗](#lib:adjacent_find)

`template<class ForwardIterator>
  constexpr ForwardIterator
    adjacent_find(ForwardIterator first, ForwardIterator last);
template<class ExecutionPolicy, class ForwardIterator>
  ForwardIterator
    adjacent_find(ExecutionPolicy&& exec,
                  ForwardIterator first, ForwardIterator last);

template<class ForwardIterator, class BinaryPredicate>
  constexpr ForwardIterator
    adjacent_find(ForwardIterator first, ForwardIterator last,
                  BinaryPredicate pred);
template<class ExecutionPolicy, class ForwardIterator, class BinaryPredicate>
  ForwardIterator
    adjacent_find(ExecutionPolicy&& exec,
                  ForwardIterator first, ForwardIterator last,
                  BinaryPredicate pred);

template<[forward_iterator](iterator.concept.forward#concept:forward_iterator "24.3.4.11 Concept forward_­iterator [iterator.concept.forward]") I, [sentinel_for](iterator.concept.sentinel#concept:sentinel_for "24.3.4.7 Concept sentinel_­for [iterator.concept.sentinel]")<I> S, class Proj = identity,
         [indirect_binary_predicate](indirectcallable.indirectinvocable#concept:indirect_binary_predicate "24.3.6.3 Indirect callables [indirectcallable.indirectinvocable]")<projected<I, Proj>,
                                   projected<I, Proj>> Pred = ranges::equal_to>
  constexpr I ranges::adjacent_find(I first, S last, Pred pred = {}, Proj proj = {});
template<[forward_range](range.refinements#concept:forward_range "25.4.6 Other range refinements [range.refinements]") R, class Proj = identity,
         [indirect_binary_predicate](indirectcallable.indirectinvocable#concept:indirect_binary_predicate "24.3.6.3 Indirect callables [indirectcallable.indirectinvocable]")<projected<iterator_t<R>, Proj>,
                                   projected<iterator_t<R>, Proj>> Pred = ranges::equal_to>
  constexpr borrowed_iterator_t<R> ranges::adjacent_find(R&& r, Pred pred = {}, Proj proj = {});

template<[execution-policy](algorithms.parallel.defns#concept:execution-policy "26.3.1 Preamble [algorithms.parallel.defns]") Ep, [random_access_iterator](iterator.concept.random.access#concept:random_access_iterator "24.3.4.13 Concept random_­access_­iterator [iterator.concept.random.access]") I, [sized_sentinel_for](iterator.concept.sizedsentinel#concept:sized_sentinel_for "24.3.4.8 Concept sized_­sentinel_­for [iterator.concept.sizedsentinel]")<I> S,
         class Proj = identity,
         [indirect_binary_predicate](indirectcallable.indirectinvocable#concept:indirect_binary_predicate "24.3.6.3 Indirect callables [indirectcallable.indirectinvocable]")<projected<I, Proj>,
                                    projected<I, Proj>> Pred = ranges::equal_to>
  I ranges::adjacent_find(Ep&& exec, I first, S last, Pred pred = {}, Proj proj = {});
template<[execution-policy](algorithms.parallel.defns#concept:execution-policy "26.3.1 Preamble [algorithms.parallel.defns]") Ep, [sized-random-access-range](range.refinements#concept:sized-random-access-range "25.4.6 Other range refinements [range.refinements]") R, class Proj = identity,
         [indirect_binary_predicate](indirectcallable.indirectinvocable#concept:indirect_binary_predicate "24.3.6.3 Indirect callables [indirectcallable.indirectinvocable]")<projected<iterator_t<R>, Proj>,
                                    projected<iterator_t<R>, Proj>> Pred = ranges::equal_to>
  borrowed_iterator_t<R>
    ranges::adjacent_find(Ep&& exec, R&& r, Pred pred = {}, Proj proj = {});
`

[1](#1)

[#](http://github.com/Eelis/draft/tree/9adde4bc1c62ec234483e63ea3b70a59724c745a/source/algorithms.tex#L5346)

Let E be:

- [(1.1)](#1.1)

*i == *(i + 1) for the overloads with no parameter pred;

- [(1.2)](#1.2)

pred(*i, *(i + 1)) != false for the overloads with a parameter pred and no parameter proj;

- [(1.3)](#1.3)

bool(invoke(pred, invoke(proj, *i), invoke(proj, *(i + 1)))) for the overloads with both parameters pred and proj[.](#1.sentence-1)

[2](#2)

[#](http://github.com/Eelis/draft/tree/9adde4bc1c62ec234483e63ea3b70a59724c745a/source/algorithms.tex#L5355)

*Returns*: The first iterator i such that both i and i + 1 are in the range [first, last)
for which E holds[.](#2.sentence-1)

Returns last if no such iterator is found[.](#2.sentence-2)

[3](#3)

[#](http://github.com/Eelis/draft/tree/9adde4bc1c62ec234483e63ea3b70a59724c745a/source/algorithms.tex#L5362)

*Complexity*: For the non-parallel algorithm overloads,
exactly  min((i - first) + 1, (last - first) - 1)  applications of the corresponding predicate,
where i is adjacent_find's return value[.](#3.sentence-1)

For the parallel algorithm overloads,O(last - first) applications of the corresponding predicate[.](#3.sentence-2)

No more than twice as many applications of any projection[.](#3.sentence-3)