Re: vector<>.erase(where) vs vector<>.erase(from, to)

From:
peter koch larsen <peter.koch.larsen@gmail.com>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.c++.moderated
Date:
Sat, 18 Oct 2008 07:44:10 CST
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On 17 Okt., 02:38, eric <e...@bakkerspees.nl> wrote:

JoshuaMaur...@gmail.com wrote:

If you could post a complete code sample, I might be better able to
help.


OK, here goes:

#include <iostream>
#include <vector>
#include <algorithm>
using std::cout;
using std::vector;
using std::remove;

template <class T>
void print(const T& t)
{
     for (typename T::const_iterator it = t.begin(); it != t.end(); ++it)
         cout << *it << ' ';
     cout << '\n';

}

You almost have code to do the above in the standard library: use
std::copy with an ostreamiterator.

int main(int, char**)
{
     int k[] = { 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 };
     vector<int> v(k, k + 8);

     print(v);

     int to_be_found = 0;
     vector<int>::iterator it = remove(v.begin(), v.end(), to_be_found);

     if (it == v.end())
         cout << to_be_found << " not found\n";

     // Single iterator version of erase cannot be used if iterator
     //points to end, becaue the Windows version erases the last element
     //and the Linux version crashes
     v.erase(it); // This exhibits undefined (?) behaviour


Yes. it is v.end(), and so does not point to an element of v.

     //v.erase(it, it); // This always works


Because the range specified in erase in half-open. Therefore, nothing
is erased.

<snip>

/Peter

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