Re: constructing vector<POD> that is member of a class from an input stream (file)

From:
red floyd <redfloyd@gmail.com>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.c++
Date:
Wed, 18 Nov 2009 08:17:19 -0800 (PST)
Message-ID:
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On Nov 18, 12:53 am, James Kanze <james.ka...@gmail.com> wrote:

On Nov 17, 10:20 pm, red floyd <redfl...@gmail.com> wrote:

On Nov 17, 12:02 pm, "Hicham Mouline" <hic...@mouline.org> wrote:

I have a text file with this format:
floating11 floating12 floating13 floating14
floating21 floating22 floating23 floating24
...
floatingN1 floatingN2 floatingN3 floatingN4
I have a simple struct
struct F {
  double d1;
  double d2;
  double d3;
  double d4;
};
and a
std::vector<F> v;
then a class C which adds intelligence to the processing of
the vector of Fs.
class C {
  C(const std::istream& input);
private:
  std::vector<F> v_;
};
I wish to construct an instance of C from a file.
I thought to use the iterator form of vector<F>'s ctor.
Do I write an iterator class that when dereferenced, points
to an instance of F, so that I can do
C::C(const std::istream& input)
: v_( begin, end )
{}
Was there a stream_iterator in std?
I understand there is some elegant form to fill up a vector
as;
std::copy( ? , ? , v_.back_inserter() );
Is there a similar form for vector construction?

Use std::istream_iterator<>.
You need to define operator<< for F.


That would be operator>>, of course, for input. And the two
iterator constructor for vector (paying attention that you
actually do define a vector, and not just declare a function
that returns one---you'll typically need an extra pair of
parentheses somewhere).


Thanks, James. Silly typo, I meant >>.

And James is also correct about the parens (google "most vexing
parse").

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