examples/permutation_iterator.cu

#include <thrust/iterator/permutation_iterator.h>
#include <thrust/reduce.h>
#include <thrust/device_vector.h>
#include <iostream>

// this example fuses a gather operation with a reduction for
// greater efficiency than separate gather() and reduce() calls

int main(void)
{
    // gather locations
    thrust::device_vector<int> map(4);
    map[0] = 3;
    map[1] = 1;
    map[2] = 0;
    map[3] = 5;

    // array to gather from
    thrust::device_vector<int> source(6);
    source[0] = 10;
    source[1] = 20;
    source[2] = 30;
    source[3] = 40;
    source[4] = 50;
    source[5] = 60;

    // fuse gather with reduction: 
    //   sum = source[map[0]] + source[map[1]] + ...
    int sum = thrust::reduce(thrust::make_permutation_iterator(source.begin(), map.begin()),
                             thrust::make_permutation_iterator(source.begin(), map.end()));

    // print sum
    std::cout << "sum is " << sum << std::endl;

    return 0;
}