Question

I have defined two dimensional array using following definition
typedef std::vector<std::vector<short> > table_t;

Can I use std::for_each for this array, I want to pass row and col as a parameter to the function

Or is there a way to identify row and col in the function

following is the code to get more idea.

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

typedef std::vector<std::vector<short> > table_t;

void myfunction (int i) {
    std::cout << " " << i;
}
int main ( int argc , char **argv) {
    table_t t = table_t(5, std::vector<short>(5));
    int counter = 0;
    for (size_t row = 0; row < 5; ++row)
           for (size_t col = 0; col < 5; ++col)
               t[row][col] = counter++;

    std::for_each( t.begin(), t.end(), myfunction);
    return 0;
}

Answer 1

I think the solution is custom function object. Try something like this:

struct process_col
{
      int row_index;
      int col_index;
      process_col(int r) : row_index(r), col_index(0){}
      void operator()(short & data)
      {
          //use row_index, col_index, and data at this indices

           std::cout << "Value at (" <<row_index <<"," << col_index << ") is " << data << std::endl;

           col_index++; //at the bottom
      }
};

struct process_row
{
      int row_index;
      process_row() : row_index(0){}
      void operator()(std::vector<short> & row)
      {
         std::for_each(row.begin(), row.end(), process_col(row_index));
         row_index++;
      }
};

And then use it as:

std::for_each( t.begin(), t.end(), process_row());

Online Demo : http://ideone.com/Dft8X

Output:

Value at (0,0) is 0
Value at (0,1) is 1
Value at (0,2) is 2
Value at (0,3) is 3
Value at (0,4) is 4
Value at (1,0) is 5
Value at (1,1) is 6
Value at (1,2) is 7
Value at (1,3) is 8
Value at (1,4) is 9
Value at (2,0) is 10
Value at (2,1) is 11
Value at (2,2) is 12
Value at (2,3) is 13
Value at (2,4) is 14
Value at (3,0) is 15
Value at (3,1) is 16
Value at (3,2) is 17
Value at (3,3) is 18
Value at (3,4) is 19
Value at (4,0) is 20
Value at (4,1) is 21
Value at (4,2) is 22
Value at (4,3) is 23
Value at (4,4) is 24