Re: how to reverse find_if?

From:
"Jim Langston" <tazmaster@rocketmail.com>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.c++
Date:
Fri, 16 Mar 2007 16:40:08 -0700
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"JDT" <jdt_young@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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red floyd wrote:

red floyd wrote:

JDT wrote:

red floyd wrote:

I think that you can use std::reverse_iterator with a pointer. See
24.1.1

typedef std::reverse_iterator<float *> rfloat_iter;
rfloat_iter p =
   std::find_if(rfloat_iter(m+6), rfloat_iter(m),
                std::bind2nd(greater_equal<float>(), 14.5));


Thanks for your help. First of all, what do you mean by 24.1.1?


Section 24.1.1 of the ISO C++ Standard (ISO/IEC 14882:2003).

I am testing your code. To check if find_if finds something, should I
use "p == rfloat_iter(m+6)" or "p == rfloat_iter(m)"?


The latter.

Besides, is the range between m+5 and m-1?


Sort of. See 24.1.1 for more details.

Your code has some compile errors. I appreciate if somebody can show
me what's the correct syntax (because I am not familiar with this
regard).


You need to #include <iterator>

I'm not surprised, I wrote it off the top of my head. I'm sure that one
of the other more knowledgeable types here can help you more than me.

Also, as a matter of etiquette, please try not to top-post (posting all
your text above what you're replying to) -- it's frowned on in this
newsgroup. Instead, intersperse your replies with the text you're
referring to (as I did here), or after the text.


you might try this:

#include <iterator>
typedef std::reverse_iterator<float *> rfloat_iter;
const rfloat_iter rbegin = rfloat_iter(m+6);
const rfloat_iter rend = rfloat_iter(m);
rfloat_iter p =
   std::find_if(rbegin, rend,
                std::bind2nd(std::greater_equal<float>(),
                             14.5));
if (p == r_end)
   /* not found */;


Hi Red,

The compiler doesn't like the following line so the typedef statement
fails:
reverse_iterator<float *>

Thanks for your help.

Tony


I *think*, but am not positive, he meant something like:
std::vector<float*>::reverse_iterator

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