Re: Append values to a vector?

From:
Alan Johnson <awjcs@yahoo.com>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.c++
Date:
Tue, 01 Apr 2008 02:56:48 -0700
Message-ID:
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Francogrex wrote:

Hello, I am new to C++, have some knowledge of programming in
splus(statistics). I am trying to append values output by a loop (code
below) into a vector (by appending value), that I can eventually
export to a text file. The only way I could do this is output one
value at a time which doesn't seem elegant because the vector named
"input" is not stored in the workspace. How can I have a vector that
is saved in the workspace and that I can output it into a text in one
time? Thanks

// Program to generate random numbers
#include <time.h>
#include "randomc.h"

   #include "mersenne.cpp"
   #include "userintf.cpp"
   #include <iostream>
   #include <fstream>
  #include <vector>
using namespace std;

int main() {
   int32 seed = (int32)time(0); // random seed

   // choose one of the random number generators:
   CRandomMersenne rg(seed); // make instance of random
number generator
   // or:
   // CRandomMother rg(seed); // make instance of random
number generator

   int i; // loop counter
   double r; // random number
   int32 ir; // random integer number
   double sum=0;
vector<double>input(1000);
      std::ofstream os("text_file.txt");
   // make random floating point numbers in interval from 0 to 1:
   printf("\n\nRandom floating point numbers in interval from 0 to
1:\n");
   for (i=0; i<1000; i++) {
      r = rg.Random();
      sum=sum+r;
      input[i]=r;
      cout << input [i]<< endl;
      os << input[i]<< endl;
   }
   system("PAUSE");
   return 0;
}


I don't quite understand what you are looking for. What is a workspace?
  Here is a version that accomplishes pretty much the same thing without
any explicit looping. Probably the whole generate_n nonsense is
overkill, but feel free to pick and choose the parts that apply to your
question:

#include "randomc.h"
#include "mersenne.cpp"
#include "userintf.cpp"
#include <iterator>
#include <algorithm>
#include <numeric>
#include <vector>
#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>
#include <ctime>

const std::size_t N = 1000;

class RandomGenerator
{
public:
     RandomGenerator(CRandomMersenne & rg)
         : prg_(&rg)
     {}

     double operator()()
     {
         return prg_->Random();
     }

private:

     CRandomMersenne * prg_;
};

int main()
{

     CRandomMersenne rg(std::time(0));

     // Generate input vector.
     std::vector<double> input;
     input.reserve(N);
     std::generate_n(std::back_inserter(input), N,
         RandomGenerator(rg));

     // Compute the sum.
     double sum = std::accumulate(input.begin(), input.end(), 0.);

     // Write generated values to file.
     std::ofstream os("text_file.txt");
     std::copy(input.begin(), input.end(),
         std::ostream_iterator<double>(os, " "));

     // Write generated values to stdout.
     std::copy(input.begin(), input.end(),
         std::ostream_iterator<double>(std::cout, " "));
}

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