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### any_of

The header file 'boost/algorithm/cxx11/any_of.hpp' contains four variants of a single algorithm, `any_of`. The algorithm tests the elements of a sequence and returns true if any of the elements has a particular property.

The routine `any_of` takes a sequence and a predicate. It will return true if the predicate returns true for any element in the sequence.

The routine `any_of_equal` takes a sequence and a value. It will return true if any element in the sequence compares equal to the passed in value.

Both routines come in two forms; the first one takes two iterators to define the range. The second form takes a single range parameter, and uses Boost.Range to traverse it.

##### interface

The function `any_of` returns true if the predicate returns true any item in the sequence. There are two versions; one takes two iterators, and the other takes a range.

    namespace boost { namespace algorithm {
    template<typename InputIterator, typename Predicate>
    	bool any_of ( InputIterator first, InputIterator last, Predicate p );
    template<typename Range, typename Predicate>
    	bool any_of ( const Range &r, Predicate p );
    }}

The function `any_of_equal` is similar to `any_of`, but instead of taking a predicate to test the elements of the sequence, it takes a value to compare against.

    namespace boost { namespace algorithm {
    template<typename InputIterator, typename V>
    	bool any_of_equal ( InputIterator first, InputIterator last, V const &val );
    template<typename Range, typename V>
    	bool any_of_equal ( const Range &r, V const &val );
    }}

##### Examples

Given the container `c` containing `{ 0, 1, 2, 3, 14, 15 }`, then

    bool isOdd ( int i ) { return i % 2 == 1; }
    bool lessThan10 ( int i ) { return i < 10; }

    using boost::algorithm;
    any_of ( c, isOdd ) --> true
    any_of ( c.begin (), c.end (), lessThan10 ) --> true
    any_of ( c.begin () + 4, c.end (), lessThan10 ) --> false
    any_of ( c.end (), c.end (), isOdd ) --> false  // empty range
    any_of_equal ( c, 3 ) --> true
    any_of_equal ( c.begin (), c.begin () + 3, 3 ) --> false
    any_of_equal ( c.begin (), c.begin (), 99 ) --> false  // empty range

##### Iterator Requirements

`any_of` and `any_of_equal` work on all iterators except output iterators.

##### Complexity

All of the variants of `any_of` and `any_of_equal` run in O(N) (linear) time; that is, they compare against each element in the list once. If any of the comparisons succeed, the algorithm will terminate immediately, without examining the remaining members of the sequence.

##### Exception Safety

All of the variants of `any_of` and `any_of_equal` take their parameters by value or const reference, and do not depend upon any global state. Therefore, all the routines in this file provide the strong exception guarantee.

##### Notes

- The routine `any_of` is part of the C++11 standard. When compiled using a C++11 implementation, the implementation from the standard library will be used.
- `any_of` and `any_of_equal` both return false for empty ranges, no matter what is passed to test against.
- The second parameter to `any_of_value` is a template parameter, rather than deduced from the first parameter (`std::iterator_traits<InputIterator>::value_type`) because that allows more flexibility for callers, and takes advantage of built-in comparisons for the type that is pointed to by the iterator. The function is defined to return true if, for any element in the sequence, the expression `*iter == val` evaluates to true (where `iter` is an iterator to each element in the sequence)