Question

The following program do not compile :

#include <iostream>
#include <vector>
#include <functional>
#include <algorithm>
#include <cstdlib>
#include <cmath>

void asort(std::vector<double>& v, std::function<bool(double, double)> f)
{
    std::sort(v.begin(), v.end(), [](double a, double b){return f(std::abs(a), std::abs(b));});
}

int main()
{
    std::vector<double> v({1.2, -1.3, 4.5, 2.3, -10.2, -3.4});
    for (unsigned int i = 0; i < v.size(); ++i) {
        std::cout<<v[i]<<" ";
    }
    std::cout<<std::endl;
    asort(v, [](double a, double b){return a < b;});
    for (unsigned int i = 0; i < v.size(); ++i) {
        std::cout<<v[i]<<" ";
    }
    std::cout<<std::endl;
    return 0;
}

because :

error : 'f' is not captured

What does it mean and how to solve the problem ?

Answer 1

You use the f parameter in the lambda inside asort(), but you don’t capture it. Try adding f to the capture list (change [] to read [&f]).