Re: std::vector::reserve and std::ifstream::read
mathieu wrote:
On May 24, 2:03 pm, "Thomas J. Gritzan" <phygon_antis...@gmx.de>
wrote:
Am 24.05.2011 13:51, schrieb mathieu:
On May 24, 1:01 pm, Michael Doubez<michael.dou...@free.fr> wrote:
On 24 mai, 11:16, gwowen<gwo...@gmail.com> wrote:
On May 24, 9:58 am, mathieu<mathieu.malate...@gmail.com> wrote:
Dear all,
I do not understand how to use the STL vector class with the
ifstream class. I would like to reserve a chunk of memory (no
initialization is required) and fill it with values from a file. As
far as I understand vector::reserve requires a subsequent call to
push_back or insert. However I do not see how I can do this in the
following example:
#include<fstream>
#include<vector>
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
const char *filename = argv[1];
std::ifstream is( filename );
const size_t l = 512;
std::vector<char> v;
v.reserve( l ); // need push_back or insert
If you reserve() space, you can't read or write to that space until
you also adjust the size (as push_back() will, or resize()). The
reserve() may well speed your code up.
char tmp;
is.read(&tmp,1);
v.push_back(tmp);
// the C++/STL like solution will use an istream_iterator and a
back_inserter
// I've got to say, I don't care for it...
vector<char> V;
copy(istream_iterator<char>(is), istream_iterator<char>(),
back_inserter(V));
Or simply:
v.assign(stream_iterator<char>(is), istream_iterator<char>());
It does not work for me. istream_iterator does not implement +()
operator:
v.assign( std::istream_iterator<char>(is),
std::istream_iterator<char>(is)+l);
You are not supposed to do +x on this.
istream_iterator<char>(is) is an iterator refering to the begin of the
stream while istream_iterator<char>() refers to the end of the stream,
just like c.begin() and c.end() for any container.
That pair of iterators reads from the stream until it hits the end of
the stream (like end of file).
If you want to read into a fixed buffer of std::vector:
std::ifstream is( filename );
const size_t size = 512;
std::vector<char> buffer(size);
As said in my original post, I do not want to initialize the vector,
simply because this should not be required.
Would it be fine, to construct the vector from a pair of istream_iterators?
std::vector< char > v
( std::istream_iterator<char>( is ), std::istream_iterator<char>() );
Now, this will put the _whole_ stream into the vector. If you only want part
of it and know how many characters, you could use
template < typename FromIter, typename ToIter, typename Int >
FromIter copy_n ( FromIter from, ToIter to, Int n ) {
for ( Int i = 0; i < n; ++i ) {
*from = *to;
++ from;
++ to;
}
return ( from );
}
and then
std::vector< char > v;
copy_n( std::istream_iterator< char >( is ),
std::back_inserter( v ),
the_length );
Best,
Kai-Uwe Bux
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