Re: Deleting items from std::list

From:

"Markus Svilans" <msvilans@gmail.com>

Newsgroups:

comp.lang.c++

Date:

26 Jun 2006 07:52:11 -0700

Message-ID:

<1151333531.535050.166820@c74g2000cwc.googlegroups.com>

Howard Hinnant wrote:

In article <1151276851.123572.175280@m73g2000cwd.googlegroups.com>,
"Markus Svilans" <msvilans@gmail.com> wrote:

std::list<int> data;

// [ code here to load data with values ]

std::list<int>::reverse_iterator ri = data.rbegin();

while (ri != data.rend())
{
    // Get next iterator in case ri is erased.
    std::list<int>::reverse_iterator next = ri;
    ++next;

    // Check if ri needs to be erased
    if (*ri == VALUE_TO_ERASE)
    {
        // [ code here to process *ri before erasing ]
        data.erase(ri); // <-- Causes compiler error
    }

    ri = next;
}

Obviously an erase method is not defined for reverse iterators in
std::list.

Is there a nice solution to this problem? Do I need to get a more
recent version of STLport?

for (std::list<int>::iterator ri = data.end(); ri != data.begin();)
{
    if (*--ri == VALUE_TO_ERASE)
    {
        // [ code here to process *ri before erasing ]
        ri = data.erase(ri);
    }
}

-Howard

Howard:

I feel like slapping my forehead. Thanks for reminding me that you can
iterate backwards using forward iterators. ;)

Regards,
Markus.

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