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    <title>Parallel Transforms</title>
    <tableofcontents>
      <tocsect>
        <name>Include the Header</name>
        <reference>ParallelTransforms_1ParallelTransformsInclude</reference>
    </tocsect>
      <tocsect>
        <name>Create a Unary Parallel-Transform Task</name>
        <reference>ParallelTransforms_1ParallelTransformsOverARange</reference>
    </tocsect>
      <tocsect>
        <name>Capture Iterators by Reference</name>
        <reference>ParallelTransforms_1ParallelTransformsCaptureIteratorsByReference</reference>
    </tocsect>
      <tocsect>
        <name>Create a Binary Parallel-Transform Task</name>
        <reference>ParallelTransforms_1ParallelBinaryTransformsOverARange</reference>
    </tocsect>
      <tocsect>
        <name>Configure a Partitioner</name>
        <reference>ParallelTransforms_1ParallelTransformsCfigureAPartitioner</reference>
    </tocsect>
    </tableofcontents>
    <briefdescription>
    </briefdescription>
    <detaileddescription>
<para>Taskflow provides template functions for constructing tasks to perform parallel transforms over ranges of items.</para>
<sect1 id="ParallelTransforms_1ParallelTransformsInclude">
<title>Include the Header</title>
<para>You need to include the header file, <computeroutput>taskflow/algorithm/transform.hpp</computeroutput>, for creating a parallel-transform task.</para>
<para><programlisting filename=".cpp"><codeline><highlight class="preprocessor">#include<sp/>&lt;taskflow/algorithm/transform.hpp&gt;</highlight></codeline>
</programlisting></para>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="ParallelTransforms_1ParallelTransformsOverARange">
<title>Create a Unary Parallel-Transform Task</title>
<para>Parallel-transform transforms a range of items, possibly with a different type for the transformed data, and stores the result in another range. The task created by tf::Taskflow::transform(B first1, E last1, O d_first, C c, P&amp;&amp; part) is equivalent to a parallel execution of the following loop:</para>
<para><programlisting filename=".cpp"><codeline><highlight class="keywordflow">while</highlight><highlight class="normal"><sp/>(first1<sp/>!=<sp/>last1)<sp/>{</highlight></codeline>
<codeline><highlight class="normal"><sp/><sp/>*d_first++<sp/>=<sp/>c(*first1++);</highlight></codeline>
<codeline><highlight class="normal">}</highlight></codeline>
</programlisting></para>
<para><ref refid="classtf_1_1FlowBuilder_1a97be7ceef6fa4276e3b074c10c13b826" kindref="member">tf::Taskflow::transform</ref> simultaneously applies the callable <computeroutput>c</computeroutput> to the object obtained by dereferencing every iterator in the range <computeroutput>[first1, last1)</computeroutput> and stores the result in another range beginning at <computeroutput>d_first</computeroutput>. It is user&apos;s responsibility for ensuring the range is valid within the execution of the parallel-transform task.</para>
<para><programlisting filename=".cpp"><codeline><highlight class="normal"><ref refid="cpp/container/vector" kindref="compound" external="/home/thuang295/Code/taskflow/doxygen/cppreference-doxygen-web.tag.xml">std::vector&lt;int&gt;</ref><sp/>src<sp/>=<sp/>{1,<sp/>2,<sp/>3,<sp/>4,<sp/>5};</highlight></codeline>
<codeline><highlight class="normal"><ref refid="cpp/container/vector" kindref="compound" external="/home/thuang295/Code/taskflow/doxygen/cppreference-doxygen-web.tag.xml">std::vector&lt;int&gt;</ref><sp/>tgt(src.size());</highlight></codeline>
<codeline><highlight class="normal">taskflow.transform(src.begin(),<sp/>src.end(),<sp/>tgt.begin(),<sp/>[](</highlight><highlight class="keywordtype">int</highlight><highlight class="normal"><sp/>i){<sp/></highlight></codeline>
<codeline><highlight class="normal"><sp/><sp/>std::cout<sp/>&lt;&lt;<sp/></highlight><highlight class="stringliteral">&quot;transforming<sp/>item<sp/>&quot;</highlight><highlight class="normal"><sp/>&lt;&lt;<sp/>i<sp/>&lt;&lt;<sp/></highlight><highlight class="stringliteral">&quot;<sp/>to<sp/>&quot;</highlight><highlight class="normal"><sp/>&lt;&lt;<sp/>i<sp/>+<sp/>1<sp/>&lt;&lt;<sp/></highlight><highlight class="stringliteral">&apos;\n&apos;</highlight><highlight class="normal">;</highlight></codeline>
<codeline><highlight class="normal"><sp/><sp/>return<sp/>i<sp/>+<sp/>1;</highlight></codeline>
<codeline><highlight class="normal">});</highlight></codeline>
</programlisting></para>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="ParallelTransforms_1ParallelTransformsCaptureIteratorsByReference">
<title>Capture Iterators by Reference</title>
<para>You can pass iterators by reference using <ulink url="https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/utility/functional/ref">std::ref</ulink> to marshal parameter update between dependent tasks. This is especially useful when the range is unknown at the time of creating a parallel-transform task, but needs initialization from another task.</para>
<para><programlisting filename=".cpp"><codeline><highlight class="normal"><ref refid="cpp/container/vector" kindref="compound" external="/home/thuang295/Code/taskflow/doxygen/cppreference-doxygen-web.tag.xml">std::vector&lt;int&gt;</ref><sp/>src,<sp/>tgt;</highlight></codeline>
<codeline><highlight class="normal"><ref refid="cpp/container/vector" kindref="compound" external="/home/thuang295/Code/taskflow/doxygen/cppreference-doxygen-web.tag.xml">std::vector&lt;int&gt;::iterator</ref><sp/>first,<sp/>last,<sp/>d_first;</highlight></codeline>
<codeline><highlight class="normal"></highlight></codeline>
<codeline><highlight class="normal"><ref refid="classtf_1_1Task" kindref="compound">tf::Task</ref><sp/>init<sp/>=<sp/>taskflow.emplace([&amp;](){</highlight></codeline>
<codeline><highlight class="normal"><sp/><sp/>src.resize(1000);</highlight></codeline>
<codeline><highlight class="normal"><sp/><sp/>tgt.resize(1000);</highlight></codeline>
<codeline><highlight class="normal"><sp/><sp/>first<sp/><sp/><sp/>=<sp/>src.begin();</highlight></codeline>
<codeline><highlight class="normal"><sp/><sp/>last<sp/><sp/><sp/><sp/>=<sp/>src.end();</highlight></codeline>
<codeline><highlight class="normal"><sp/><sp/>d_first<sp/>=<sp/>tgt.begin();</highlight></codeline>
<codeline><highlight class="normal">});</highlight></codeline>
<codeline><highlight class="normal"></highlight></codeline>
<codeline><highlight class="normal"><ref refid="classtf_1_1Task" kindref="compound">tf::Task</ref><sp/><ref refid="cpp/algorithm/transform" kindref="compound" external="/home/thuang295/Code/taskflow/doxygen/cppreference-doxygen-web.tag.xml">transform</ref><sp/>=<sp/>taskflow.for_each(</highlight></codeline>
<codeline><highlight class="normal"><sp/><sp/>std::ref(first),<sp/>std::ref(last),<sp/>std::ref(d_first),<sp/></highlight></codeline>
<codeline><highlight class="normal"><sp/><sp/>[&amp;](</highlight><highlight class="keywordtype">int</highlight><highlight class="normal"><sp/>i)<sp/>{</highlight></codeline>
<codeline><highlight class="normal"><sp/><sp/><sp/><sp/><ref refid="cpp/io/basic_ostream" kindref="compound" external="/home/thuang295/Code/taskflow/doxygen/cppreference-doxygen-web.tag.xml">std::cout</ref><sp/>&lt;&lt;<sp/></highlight><highlight class="stringliteral">&quot;transforming<sp/>item<sp/>&quot;</highlight><highlight class="normal"><sp/>&lt;&lt;<sp/>i<sp/>&lt;&lt;<sp/></highlight><highlight class="stringliteral">&quot;<sp/>to<sp/>&quot;</highlight><highlight class="normal"><sp/>&lt;&lt;<sp/>i<sp/>+<sp/>1<sp/>&lt;&lt;<sp/></highlight><highlight class="charliteral">&apos;\n&apos;</highlight><highlight class="normal">;</highlight></codeline>
<codeline><highlight class="normal"><sp/><sp/><sp/><sp/></highlight><highlight class="keywordflow">return</highlight><highlight class="normal"><sp/>i+1;</highlight></codeline>
<codeline><highlight class="normal"><sp/><sp/>}</highlight></codeline>
<codeline><highlight class="normal">);</highlight></codeline>
<codeline><highlight class="normal"></highlight></codeline>
<codeline><highlight class="normal">init.<ref refid="classtf_1_1Task_1a8c78c453295a553c1c016e4062da8588" kindref="member">precede</ref>(transform);</highlight></codeline>
</programlisting></para>
<para>When <computeroutput>init</computeroutput> finishes, the parallel-transform task <computeroutput>transform</computeroutput> will see <computeroutput>first</computeroutput> pointing to the beginning of <computeroutput>src</computeroutput> and <computeroutput>last</computeroutput> pointing to the end of <computeroutput>src</computeroutput>. Then, it simultaneously transforms these 1000 items by adding one to each element and stores the result in another range starting at <computeroutput>d_first</computeroutput>.</para>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="ParallelTransforms_1ParallelBinaryTransformsOverARange">
<title>Create a Binary Parallel-Transform Task</title>
<para>You can use the overload, tf::Taskflow::transform(B1 first1, E1 last1, B2 first2, O d_first, C c, P&amp;&amp; part), to perform parallel transforms on two source ranges pointed by <computeroutput>first1</computeroutput> and <computeroutput>first2</computeroutput> using the binary operator <computeroutput>c</computeroutput> and store the result in another range pointed by <computeroutput>d_first</computeroutput>. This method is equivalent to the parallel execution of the following loop:</para>
<para><programlisting filename=".cpp"><codeline><highlight class="keywordflow">while</highlight><highlight class="normal"><sp/>(first1<sp/>!=<sp/>last1)<sp/>{</highlight></codeline>
<codeline><highlight class="normal"><sp/><sp/>*d_first++<sp/>=<sp/>c(*first1++,<sp/>*first2++);</highlight></codeline>
<codeline><highlight class="normal">}</highlight></codeline>
</programlisting></para>
<para>The following example creates a parallel-transform task that adds two ranges of elements one by one and stores the result in a target range:</para>
<para><programlisting filename=".cpp"><codeline><highlight class="normal"><ref refid="cpp/container/vector" kindref="compound" external="/home/thuang295/Code/taskflow/doxygen/cppreference-doxygen-web.tag.xml">std::vector&lt;int&gt;</ref><sp/>src1<sp/>=<sp/>{1,<sp/>2,<sp/>3,<sp/>4,<sp/>5};</highlight></codeline>
<codeline><highlight class="normal"><ref refid="cpp/container/vector" kindref="compound" external="/home/thuang295/Code/taskflow/doxygen/cppreference-doxygen-web.tag.xml">std::vector&lt;int&gt;</ref><sp/>src2<sp/>=<sp/>{5,<sp/>4,<sp/>3,<sp/>2,<sp/>1};</highlight></codeline>
<codeline><highlight class="normal"><ref refid="cpp/container/vector" kindref="compound" external="/home/thuang295/Code/taskflow/doxygen/cppreference-doxygen-web.tag.xml">std::vector&lt;int&gt;</ref><sp/>tgt(src1.size());</highlight></codeline>
<codeline><highlight class="normal">taskflow.transform(</highlight></codeline>
<codeline><highlight class="normal"><sp/><sp/>src1.begin(),<sp/>src1.end(),<sp/>src2.begin(),<sp/>tgt.begin(),<sp/></highlight></codeline>
<codeline><highlight class="normal"><sp/><sp/>[](</highlight><highlight class="keywordtype">int</highlight><highlight class="normal"><sp/>i,<sp/></highlight><highlight class="keywordtype">int</highlight><highlight class="normal"><sp/>j){<sp/></highlight></codeline>
<codeline><highlight class="normal"><sp/><sp/><sp/><sp/>return<sp/>i<sp/>+<sp/>j;</highlight></codeline>
<codeline><highlight class="normal"><sp/><sp/>}</highlight></codeline>
<codeline><highlight class="normal">);</highlight></codeline>
</programlisting></para>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="ParallelTransforms_1ParallelTransformsCfigureAPartitioner">
<title>Configure a Partitioner</title>
<para>You can configure a partitioner for parallel-transform tasks to run with different scheduling methods, such as guided partitioning, dynamic partitioning, and static partitioning. The following example creates two parallel-transform tasks using two different partitioners, one with the static partitioning algorithm and another one with the guided partitioning algorithm:</para>
<para><programlisting filename=".cpp"><codeline><highlight class="normal"><ref refid="classtf_1_1StaticPartitioner" kindref="compound">tf::StaticPartitioner</ref><sp/>static_partitioner;</highlight></codeline>
<codeline><highlight class="normal"><ref refid="classtf_1_1GuidedPartitioner" kindref="compound">tf::GuidedPartitioner</ref><sp/>guided_partitioner;</highlight></codeline>
<codeline><highlight class="normal"></highlight></codeline>
<codeline><highlight class="normal"><ref refid="cpp/container/vector" kindref="compound" external="/home/thuang295/Code/taskflow/doxygen/cppreference-doxygen-web.tag.xml">std::vector&lt;int&gt;</ref><sp/>src1<sp/>=<sp/>{1,<sp/>2,<sp/>3,<sp/>4,<sp/>5};</highlight></codeline>
<codeline><highlight class="normal"><ref refid="cpp/container/vector" kindref="compound" external="/home/thuang295/Code/taskflow/doxygen/cppreference-doxygen-web.tag.xml">std::vector&lt;int&gt;</ref><sp/>src2<sp/>=<sp/>{5,<sp/>4,<sp/>3,<sp/>2,<sp/>1};</highlight></codeline>
<codeline><highlight class="normal"><ref refid="cpp/container/vector" kindref="compound" external="/home/thuang295/Code/taskflow/doxygen/cppreference-doxygen-web.tag.xml">std::vector&lt;int&gt;</ref><sp/>tgt1(src1.size());</highlight></codeline>
<codeline><highlight class="normal"><ref refid="cpp/container/vector" kindref="compound" external="/home/thuang295/Code/taskflow/doxygen/cppreference-doxygen-web.tag.xml">std::vector&lt;int&gt;</ref><sp/>tgt2(src2.size());</highlight></codeline>
<codeline><highlight class="normal"></highlight></codeline>
<codeline><highlight class="normal"></highlight><highlight class="comment">//<sp/>create<sp/>a<sp/>parallel-transform<sp/>task<sp/>with<sp/>static<sp/>execution<sp/>partitioner</highlight><highlight class="normal"></highlight></codeline>
<codeline><highlight class="normal">taskflow.transform(</highlight></codeline>
<codeline><highlight class="normal"><sp/><sp/>src1.begin(),<sp/>src1.end(),<sp/>src2.begin(),<sp/>tgt1.begin(),<sp/></highlight></codeline>
<codeline><highlight class="normal"><sp/><sp/>[](</highlight><highlight class="keywordtype">int</highlight><highlight class="normal"><sp/>i,<sp/></highlight><highlight class="keywordtype">int</highlight><highlight class="normal"><sp/>j){<sp/></highlight></codeline>
<codeline><highlight class="normal"><sp/><sp/><sp/><sp/>return<sp/>i<sp/>+<sp/>j;</highlight></codeline>
<codeline><highlight class="normal"><sp/><sp/>},</highlight></codeline>
<codeline><highlight class="normal"><sp/><sp/>static_partitioner</highlight></codeline>
<codeline><highlight class="normal">);</highlight></codeline>
<codeline><highlight class="normal"></highlight></codeline>
<codeline><highlight class="normal"></highlight><highlight class="comment">//<sp/>create<sp/>a<sp/>parallel-transform<sp/>task<sp/>with<sp/>guided<sp/>execution<sp/>partitioner</highlight><highlight class="normal"></highlight></codeline>
<codeline><highlight class="normal">taskflow.transform(</highlight></codeline>
<codeline><highlight class="normal"><sp/><sp/>src1.begin(),<sp/>src1.end(),<sp/>src2.begin(),<sp/>tgt2.begin(),<sp/></highlight></codeline>
<codeline><highlight class="normal"><sp/><sp/>[](</highlight><highlight class="keywordtype">int</highlight><highlight class="normal"><sp/>i,<sp/></highlight><highlight class="keywordtype">int</highlight><highlight class="normal"><sp/>j){<sp/></highlight></codeline>
<codeline><highlight class="normal"><sp/><sp/><sp/><sp/>return<sp/>i<sp/>+<sp/>j;</highlight></codeline>
<codeline><highlight class="normal"><sp/><sp/>},</highlight></codeline>
<codeline><highlight class="normal"><sp/><sp/>guided_partitioner</highlight></codeline>
<codeline><highlight class="normal">);</highlight></codeline>
</programlisting></para>
<para><simplesect kind="note"><para>By default, parallel-transform tasks use <ref refid="namespacetf_1a66b72776c788898aee9e132b0ea9b405" kindref="member">tf::DefaultPartitioner</ref> if no partitioner is specified. </para>
</simplesect>
</para>
</sect1>
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