Re: Question on vector at()
thomas wrote:
On Mar 14, 11:57 am, Alexander Dong Back Kim <alexdb...@gmail.com>
wrote:
Dear all,
I want to create a method that return an element in a vector by
selecting the element position by vector's at().
The method should be look like
vector<Apple> _appleBox;
Apple & AppleBox::GetApple (int index);
but my question is when _appleBox.at(index) is called inside of the
method GetApple, if it is out of range, an exception will be occured
so the exception handling might be
try
{
return _appleBox.at(index);}
catch (out_of_range e)
{
return ???;
}
What should be returned when process fall into the catch statement? I
tried NULL but seems it doesn't work at all.
Any idea or advice?
cheers,
Why not check if "index" is out of range before accessing it?
Even if you try to do it in this way, I think "null" can be returned.
But the caller must make sure that it's not null before calling its
member functions.
No, NULL can't be returned -- he's returning a reference, not a pointer.
Repeat after me -- A REFERENCE IS NOT A POINTER
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