# std::mismatch

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Defined in header `<algorithm>` |  |
template< class InputIt1, class InputIt2 > std::pair<InputIt1,InputIt2> mismatch( InputIt1 first1, InputIt1 last1, InputIt2 first2 ); | (1) |
template< class ExecutionPolicy, class ForwardIt1, class ForwardIt2 > std::pair<ForwardIt1,ForwardIt2> mismatch( ExecutionPolicy&& policy, ForwardIt1 first1, ForwardIt1 last1, ForwardIt2 first2 ); | (2) | (since C++17)
template< class InputIt1, class InputIt2, class BinaryPredicate > std::pair<InputIt1,InputIt2> mismatch( InputIt1 first1, InputIt1 last1, InputIt2 first2, BinaryPredicate p ); | (3) |
template< class ExecutionPolicy, class ForwardIt1, class ForwardIt2, class BinaryPredicate > std::pair<ForwardIt1,ForwardIt2> mismatch( ExecutionPolicy&& policy, ForwardIt1 first1, ForwardIt1 last1, ForwardIt2 first2, BinaryPredicate p ); | (4) | (since C++17)
template< class InputIt1, class InputIt2 > std::pair<InputIt1,InputIt2> mismatch( InputIt1 first1, InputIt1 last1, InputIt2 first2, InputIt2 last2 ); | (5) | (since C++14)
template< class ExecutionPolicy, class ForwardIt1, class ForwardIt2 > std::pair<ForwardIt1,ForwardIt2> mismatch( ExecutionPolicy&& policy, ForwardIt1 first1, ForwardIt1 last1, ForwardIt2 first2, ForwardIt2 last2 ); | (6) | (since C++17)
template< class InputIt1, class InputIt2, class BinaryPredicate > std::pair<InputIt1,InputIt2> mismatch( InputIt1 first1, InputIt1 last1, InputIt2 first2, InputIt2 last2, BinaryPredicate p ); | (7) | (since C++14)
template< class ExecutionPolicy, class ForwardIt1, class ForwardIt2, class BinaryPredicate > std::pair<ForwardIt1,ForwardIt2> mismatch( ExecutionPolicy&& policy, ForwardIt1 first1, ForwardIt1 last1, ForwardIt2 first2, ForwardIt2 last2, BinaryPredicate p ); | (8) | (since C++17)

Returns the first mismatching pair of elements from two ranges: one defined by `[first1, last1)` and another defined by `[first2,last2)`. If `last2` is not provided (overloads (1-4)), it denotes `first2 + (last1 - first1)`.

1,5) Elements are compared using `operator==`.
3,7) Elements are compared using the given binary predicate `p`.
2,4,6,8) Same as (1,3,5,7), but executed according to `policy`. This overload only participates in overload resolution if std::is_execution_policy_v<std::decay_t<ExecutionPolicy>> is true

### Parameters

first1, last1 | - | the first range of the elements
first2, last2 | - | the second range of the elements
policy | - | the execution policy to use. See execution policy for details.

p

-

binary predicate which returns ​true if the elements should be treated as equal.

The signature of the predicate function should be equivalent to the following:

bool pred(const Type1 &a, const Type2 &b);

The signature does not need to have const &, but the function must not modify the objects passed to it.
The types Type1 and Type2 must be such that objects of types InputIt1 and InputIt2 can be dereferenced and then implicitly converted to Type1 and Type2 respectively.

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Type requirements
- `InputIt1` must meet the requirements of `InputIterator`.
- `InputIt2` must meet the requirements of `InputIterator`.
- `ForwardIt1` must meet the requirements of `ForwardIterator`.
- `ForwardIt2` must meet the requirements of `ForwardIterator`.
- `BinaryPredicate` must meet the requirements of `BinaryPredicate`.

### Return value

std::pair with iterators to the first two non-equivalent elements.

If no mismatches are found when the comparison reaches `last1`, the pair holds `last1` and the corresponding iterator from the second range. The behavior is undefined if the second range is shorter than the first range. | (until C++14)
If no mismatches are found when the comparison reaches `last1` or `last2`, whichever happens first, the pair holds the end iterator and the corresponding iterator from the other range. | (since C++14)

### Complexity

1-4) At most `last1` - `first1` applications of `operator==` or the predicate `p`
5-8) At most min(`last1` - `first1`, `last2` - `first2`) applications of `operator==` or the predicate `p`.

### Exceptions

The overloads with a template parameter named `ExecutionPolicy` report errors as follows:

- If execution of a function invoked as part of the algorithm throws an exception and `ExecutionPolicy` is one of the three standard policies, std::terminate is called. For any other `ExecutionPolicy`, the behavior is implementation-defined.
- If the algorithm fails to allocate memory, std::bad_alloc is thrown.

### Possible implementation

First version

    template<class InputIt1, class InputIt2>
    std::pair<InputIt1, InputIt2>
        mismatch(InputIt1 first1, InputIt1 last1, InputIt2 first2)
    {
        while (first1 != last1 && *first1 == *first2) {
            ++first1, ++first2;
        }
        return std::make_pair(first1, first2);
    }

Second version

    template<class InputIt1, class InputIt2, class BinaryPredicate>
    std::pair<InputIt1, InputIt2>
        mismatch(InputIt1 first1, InputIt1 last1, InputIt2 first2, BinaryPredicate p)
    {
        while (first1 != last1 && p(*first1, *first2)) {
            ++first1, ++first2;
        }
        return std::make_pair(first1, first2);
    }

Third version

    template<class InputIt1, class InputIt2>
    std::pair<InputIt1, InputIt2>
        mismatch(InputIt1 first1, InputIt1 last1, InputIt2 first2, InputIt2 last2)
    {
        while (first1 != last1 && first2 != last2 && *first1 == *first2) {
            ++first1, ++first2;
        }
        return std::make_pair(first1, first2);
    }

Fourth version

    template<class InputIt1, class InputIt2, class BinaryPredicate>
    std::pair<InputIt1, InputIt2>
        mismatch(InputIt1 first1, InputIt1 last1, InputIt2 first2, InputIt2 last2, BinaryPredicate p)
    {
        while (first1 != last1 && first2 != last2 && p(*first1, *first2)) {
            ++first1, ++first2;
        }
        return std::make_pair(first1, first2);
    }

### Example

This program determines the longest substring that is simultaneously found at the very beginning of the given string and at the very end of it, in reverse order (possibly overlapping)

Run this code

    #include <iostream>
    #include <string>
    #include <algorithm>

    std::string mirror_ends(const std::string& in)
    {
        return std::string(in.begin(),
                           std::mismatch(in.begin(), in.end(), in.rbegin()).first);
    }

    int main()
    {
        std::cout << mirror_ends("abXYZba") << '\n'
                  << mirror_ends("abca") << '\n'
                  << mirror_ends("aba") << '\n';
    }

Output:

    ab
    a
    aba

### See also

equal | determines if two sets of elements are the same (function template)
find find_if find_if_not (C++11) | finds the first element satisfying specific criteria (function template)
lexicographical_compare | returns true if one range is lexicographically less than another (function template)
search | searches for a range of elements (function template)

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