Re: count_if bind2nd greater<string> = error???

From:
Victor Bazarov <v.bazarov@comcast.invalid>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.c++
Date:
Mon, 21 Feb 2011 11:40:22 -0500
Message-ID:
<iju4hn$29h$1@news.eternal-september.org>
On 2/21/2011 11:32 AM, cpp wrote:

In the code below I'm trying to cound the number of times a string
reater than B occours with count_if and bind2nd.

The example on ints in vector vi works fine.

But the code for the string case does not compile. I'm *sure* this
should work, but I just cannot see what is wrong.

Could someone point me in the right direction pls - I'm tearing my
hair out.

Compiler is Visual Studio 2005 SP2

-----------------------------------------
#include<iostream>
#include<vector>
#include<functional>
#include<algorithm>
using namespace std;

int main()
{
std::vector<std::string> s;
vector<int> vi;
// fill vectors

std::cout<< std::count_if(
    vi.begin(),
    vi.end(),
    std::bind2nd(std::greater<int>(),1));

std::cout<< std::count_if(
    s.begin(),
    s.end(),
                 std::bind2nd(std::greater<string>(),"B")); //
compile error here ???


"B" is not a string. Perhaps you could construct a temporary to pass it
to 'bind2nd':

    ... bind2nd(greater<string>(), string("B"));

Just a shot in the dark, really.

     return 0;
}

end the error is :

1>------ Build started: Project: TopCoder_Arena, Configuration: Debug
Win32 ------
1>Compiling...
1>TopCoder.cpp
1>g:\program files\microsoft visual studio 8\vc\include
\functional(132) : error C2784: 'bool std::operator>(const
std::vector<_Ty,_Alloc> &,const std::vector<_Ty,_Alloc> &)' : could
not deduce template argument for 'const std::vector<_Ty,_Alloc> &'
from 'const std::string'
1> g:\program files\microsoft visual studio 8\vc\include
\vector(1285) : see declaration of 'std::operator>'
1> g:\program files\microsoft visual studio 8\vc\include
\functional(131) : while compiling class template member function
'bool std::greater<_Ty>::operator ()(const _Ty&,const _Ty&) const'
1> with
1> [
1> _Ty=std::string
1> ]
1> g:\code\c++\visual studio projects\topcoder_arena
\topcoder.cpp(20) : see reference to class template instantiation
'std::greater<_Ty>' being compiled
1> with
1> [
1> _Ty=std::string
1>


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