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<h1><a name="not2" id="not2">not2</a></h1>
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<pre class="c code c++" style="font-family:monospace;"><span class="kw2">function</span> template<span class="sy0">&lt;</span>functional<span class="sy0">&gt;</span>template <span class="sy0">&lt;</span>class Predicate<span class="sy0">&gt;</span>
  binary_negate<span class="sy0">&lt;</span>Predicate<span class="sy0">&gt;</span> not2 <span class="br0">&#40;</span><span class="kw4">const</span> Predicate<span class="sy0">&amp;</span> pred<span class="br0">&#41;</span><span class="sy0">;</span></pre>
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<h5><a name="return_negation_of_binary_function_object" id="return_negation_of_binary_function_object">Return negation of binary function object</a></h5>
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This function constructs a function object that has the opposite behavior of pred (its argument, another function object).
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Function objects are objects whose class defines member function operator(). This member function allows the object to be used with the same syntax as a regular function call, and therefore it can be used in templates instead of a pointer to a function.
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The function object returned by not2 has its operator() defined such that it returns true when pred would return false, and false when pred would return true.
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It is defined with the same behavior as:
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<pre class="c code c++" style="font-family:monospace;"> template <span class="sy0">&lt;</span>class Predicate<span class="sy0">&gt;</span>
  binary_negate<span class="sy0">&lt;</span>Predicate<span class="sy0">&gt;</span> not2 <span class="br0">&#40;</span><span class="kw4">const</span> Predicate<span class="sy0">&amp;</span> pred<span class="br0">&#41;</span>
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  <span class="kw1">return</span> binary_negate<span class="sy0">&lt;</span>Predicate<span class="sy0">&gt;</span><span class="br0">&#40;</span>pred<span class="br0">&#41;</span><span class="sy0">;</span>
<span class="br0">&#125;</span></pre>
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not2 is specifically designed to negate function objects (predicates) derived from binary_function (members first_argument_type and second_argument_type are required). For unary function objects, see not1.
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Binary function object derived from binary_function. 
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A binary function object with the opposite behavior of pred.
binary_negate is a type derived from binary_function.
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<pre class="c code c++" style="font-family:monospace;"> <span class="co1">// not2 example</span>
<span class="co2">#include &lt;iostream&gt;</span>
<span class="co2">#include &lt;functional&gt;</span>
<span class="co2">#include &lt;algorithm&gt;</span>
using namespace std<span class="sy0">;</span>
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<span class="kw4">int</span> main <span class="br0">&#40;</span><span class="br0">&#41;</span> <span class="br0">&#123;</span>
  <span class="kw4">int</span> foo<span class="br0">&#91;</span><span class="br0">&#93;</span> <span class="sy0">=</span> <span class="br0">&#123;</span>10<span class="sy0">,</span>20<span class="sy0">,</span>30<span class="sy0">,</span>40<span class="sy0">,</span>50<span class="br0">&#125;</span><span class="sy0">;</span>
  <span class="kw4">int</span> bar<span class="br0">&#91;</span><span class="br0">&#93;</span> <span class="sy0">=</span> <span class="br0">&#123;</span>0<span class="sy0">,</span>15<span class="sy0">,</span>30<span class="sy0">,</span>45<span class="sy0">,</span>60<span class="br0">&#125;</span><span class="sy0">;</span>
  pair<span class="sy0">&lt;</span>int<span class="sy0">*,</span><span class="kw4">int</span><span class="sy0">*&gt;</span> firstmatch<span class="sy0">,</span>firstmismatch<span class="sy0">;</span>
  firstmismatch<span class="sy0">=</span>mismatch <span class="br0">&#40;</span>foo<span class="sy0">,</span> foo<span class="sy0">+</span>5<span class="sy0">,</span> bar<span class="sy0">,</span> equal_to<span class="sy0">&lt;</span>int<span class="sy0">&gt;</span><span class="br0">&#40;</span><span class="br0">&#41;</span> <span class="br0">&#41;</span><span class="sy0">;</span>
  firstmatch<span class="sy0">=</span>mismatch <span class="br0">&#40;</span>foo<span class="sy0">,</span> foo<span class="sy0">+</span>5<span class="sy0">,</span> bar<span class="sy0">,</span> not2<span class="br0">&#40;</span>equal_to<span class="sy0">&lt;</span>int<span class="sy0">&gt;</span><span class="br0">&#40;</span><span class="br0">&#41;</span><span class="br0">&#41;</span> <span class="br0">&#41;</span><span class="sy0">;</span>
  <a href="http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/functions/cout.html"><span class="kw3">cout</span></a> <span class="sy0">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="st0">&quot;First mismatch in bar is &quot;</span> <span class="sy0">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="sy0">*</span>firstmismatch.<span class="me1">second</span> <span class="sy0">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="st0">&quot;<span class="es1">\n</span>&quot;</span><span class="sy0">;</span>
  <a href="http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/functions/cout.html"><span class="kw3">cout</span></a> <span class="sy0">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="st0">&quot;First match in bar is &quot;</span> <span class="sy0">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="sy0">*</span>firstmatch.<span class="me1">second</span> <span class="sy0">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="st0">&quot;<span class="es1">\n</span>&quot;</span><span class="sy0">;</span>
  <span class="kw1">return</span> <span class="nu0">0</span><span class="sy0">;</span>
<span class="br0">&#125;</span></pre><pre class="c code c++" style="font-family:monospace;">First mismatch in bar is <span class="nu0">0</span>
First match in bar is <span class="nu0">30</span></pre>
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