Check if All elements in Array are Zero in C++

This tutorial will discuss about a unique way to check if all elements in array are zero in C++.

To check if all elements of array are zero, we are going to use the STL algorithm std::all_of().

Inside STL algorithm std::all_of() we will pass 3 arguments,

• Pointer pointing to the start of array.
• Pointer pointing to the end of array
• A Lambda function, which accepts an element as an argument and returns true if the given element is zero.

The std::all_of() function will apply the given Lambda function on all the elements of the array. If for all the elements the lambda function returns true, then the std::all_of() function will return true.

If there is a single element that is not zero in the array, then the std::all_of() function returns false.

Let’s see the complete example,

#include <iostream>
#include <algorithm>

int main()
{
    int arr[] = { 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 };

    // Get the size of array
    size_t len = sizeof(arr)/sizeof(arr[0]);

    // Check if all elements of array arr are zero
    bool result = std::all_of(arr,
                              arr + len,
                              [](bool elem){
                                return elem == 0;
                              });

    if (result)
    {
        std::cout << "Yes, all elements of array are zero." << std::endl;
    }
    else
    {
        std::cout << "No, all elements of array are not zero." << std::endl;
    }

    return 0;
}

Output :

Yes, all elements of array are zero.

Summary

Today we learned about several ways to check if all elements in array are zero in C++. Thanks.