Re: pointer to a vector
On Wed, 2014-02-12, A wrote:
There are 2 vectors each one having a structure
struct MyStruct
{
int a;
std::string b;
}
std::vector<MyStruct> v1;
std::vector<MyStruct> v2;
Now I want a pointer to which one I will use... v1 or v2
std::vector<MyStruct> *v = (condition)? &v1 : &v2;
You don't need a pointer below -- a reference would have worked just
as well, and the syntax would have been cleaner.
Finally I access it using:
for (unsigned i = 0; i < v->size(); i++)
{
v->operator[](i).a = i + 1;
}
My lack of understanding here is:
a) does the above *v needs to be deleted? Isn't it just a pointer variable?
No, and yes. You haven't done 'new', so you're not responsible for
doing 'delete'. BTW, both of those are rarely needed in modern code
-- if you use them a lot you're probably doing something wrong.
Or it works differently when it points to a vector? Just to be clear, I
don't actually need to delete v1 or v2. I just need to cleanup *v if
required.
No cleanup required. But I don't really understand what you're trying
to say ...
b) what's the heap or stack or difference or advantage of them in relation
to the above?
I don't understand that question. Please rephrase.
/Jorgen
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