Re: two questions about std::list...

From:
"Victor Bazarov" <v.Abazarov@comAcast.net>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.c++
Date:
Tue, 12 Jun 2007 16:40:21 -0400
Message-ID:
<f4n0bm$dv1$1@news.datemas.de>
SpreadTooThin wrote:

On Jun 12, 1:20 pm, "Victor Bazarov" <v.Abaza...@comAcast.net> wrote:

SpreadTooThin wrote:

I want to replace an object in a list with a new object....

std::list<myObj>::iterator it;

for (it=mylist.begin(); it != mylist.end(); ++it)
{
  if (it->compair(myval) == 0)
  {
     *it = newval;
  }
}

will *it = newval replace the contents of the list with the new
data... and hopefully delete the old object?


It will not "delete the old object". It will simply invoke

   myObj::operator=(newval);

(assign new value) for it.

How do I insert and object just before the last element in the list?


There is an 'insert' member function (overloaded) in std::list.
RTFM. You will need to supply the iterator to the [actual] last item
in the list (don't confuse it with the iterator returned by
'list::end()').


After RTFM
I came up with mylist.insert(mylist.end(), 1, object);
No good?


You could drop the '1'. However, the effects of

    mylist.insert(mylist.end(), object); // no '1', same difference

are the same as

    mylist.push_back(object);

and it _appends_ the value to the list, not inserts it _before_ the
last element. See Andre's solution.

V
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